bruise

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Reaves, who has a bruise on his shooting wrist, finished with 18 points.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

In the early days after injury, a hematoma or bruise develops at the fracture site.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

The large dose of aspirin he chooses to take daily has caused him to bruise easily, he said, and he has been encouraged by his doctors to take a lower dose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

As he has pivoted from this declaration a decade later, one would think his ego would bruise from his non-stop insistence that he’s too ignorant for anyone to expect him to know things.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025

Kingshaw watched his mother bending over Hooper examining the bruise.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill