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heal

[heel] / hil /


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A party that can’t diagnose itself can’t heal itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

It is evidence that firms are successfully adding capacity and hiring into a labor market that is finally beginning to heal.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

She looked at me the way anyone should look at a man who had come to buy a table and somehow ended up revealing a past he was still trying to heal from.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

"Unfortunately, this time round, it didn't heal," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

His heart began to heal when he heard her say that she loved him and called him “grandson” in Diné.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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