bruise
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But the images also bring back “the chirping and the beeping,” the panic and urgency, and the toe-prick tests that made Jackson bruise and “squeal” with pain.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
Insurance isn’t there to handle every bump and bruise.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
Despite his insistence that he was healthy fairly soon after he suffered a left knee hyperextension and bone bruise March 15, Antetokounmpo didn’t play in the last 15 games of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
In the early days after injury, a hematoma or bruise develops at the fracture site.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
“You’ve still got a big gash and a bruise, but at least I can clean the blood off.”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
When people notice his plentiful bruises, Almásy makes up excuses, leading them to think he’s a klutz.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Two others were treated for cuts and bruises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
He keeps going to the doctor, has bruises on both hands, and brags about passing dementia tests.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
The press is full of uninformed speculation about bruises on his hands and puffy ankles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
After she had had some sal volatile and sat still for a few minutes, she said the re was nothing he matter with her except a few bruises.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
These battles leave even the toughest environmental advocates within governments bruised.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Even with a bruised rotation that includes a banged-up Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles has the best pitching in the game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
For years, I would come home from figure-skating practice bruised from falling, exhausted from trying not to fall and tender from the ambient heartache of being a teenager.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Buddha, seeing him bruised, bloody, and weeping, smiles and tells him he must bear it.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
Looming overhead, the sky is bruised with dark clouds and constellations of fish-like blimps, each the size of a bus.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Since there isn’t much in the way of conversation, the bruising combat scenes take center stage to head-spinning effect.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Some artificial-intelligence stocks that got knocked off their pedestals, in part due to a bruising July selloff, now represent attractive opportunities for investors, according to BofA analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Plus, “moles” in China are leaking official secrets for profit, and the bruising race to rent in San Francisco goes into overdrive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Following a damaging transfer window last summer, and a bruising domestic season, Newcastle have shifted their approach.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
I wrapped my fingers around the rough, bruising snake of a rope that slithered through them, and went up.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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