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bandage

[ban-dij] / ˈbæn dɪdʒ /
NOUN
covering for wound
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VERB
cover a wound
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STRONG


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That’s when you can think about ripping off the bandage and converting funds to Roth with an eye to the tax rate of the next generation.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Ian Wright hit the post and Italy's Christian Vieri flashed a late header just wide, but the game is arguably most remembered for images of Paul Ince's bloodied shirt and head bandage.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

The caption — complete with a winking emoji blowing a kiss — accompanied a photo of the “St. Denis Medical” star wearing a bandage around her face and neck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

These stories are harsh and brief, like a bandage ripped from a wound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

The fabric of the makeshift bandage is already turning dark.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

You can cat-proof them by wrapping them in no-chew, bitter-tasting bandages, which veterinary clinics use to prevent animals from biting them off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

She confirmed she had undergone an operation on her leg - sharing pictures of her leg in bandages along with an X-ray - but would be "home soon".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

When her bandages are unwrapped, she’s devastated to learn that her face is still symmetrical, with a thin nose, unblemished skin, and full lips.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026

"I told myself, I'm going to sleep," Canonico recalled, up to her elbows in bandages following the ordeal.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

You know, because my leggings remind him of compression bandages.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

Firefighters bandaged him and encouraged the Tuskegee University student to go to a hospital the next town over to receive stitches and medicine.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Eight hours later, he found himself in a hospital in Tine, with his hands burnt and bandaged.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Soon Borquez was seen walking off to get his shoulder bandaged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

His right hand has repeatedly appeared bandaged and bruised.

From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2025

Cora closed her eyes, but a vision of the boy lying in bed, his head bandaged and the big man with the beard standing over him, forestalled her slumber.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Crimson underwent multiple bandaging and bracing techniques to aid his limb development.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

“There were a lot of people in the background that were kind of bubblegum and bandaging everything together to make sure that there was not a single hiccup,” Goetter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Lifeguards at Bondi have been praised for their courage on the day of the December 14 attack, dragging people to safety, bandaging and resuscitating victims, and pulling panicked swimmers from the waves.

From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025

"They said I was untreatable. They kept bandaging me up and then unbandaging it," Shamiam says.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024

She took in wafts of homemade salves, healing herbs, the distinct smell of bandaging linen and ointments.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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