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[in-jer] / ˈɪn dʒər /


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Persistent oxidative stress can injure proteins, fats, and DNA and has been associated with aging and many chronic diseases.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

It hit a toolshed and did not injure anyone, although it was carrying explosives.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

For critic Jamieson, highlights include Jamie Dornan's rugby sketch, in which he goes to elaborate lengths to injure himself, and Traitors spoof The Great Big Crab Man.

From BBC May 17, 2026

Federal prosecutors said while many people were peacefully demonstrating against immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles County last summer, some people sought to use violence to obstruct, impede or injure officers conducting the enforcement operations.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

“Perhaps there are too many or it does not dare, for it might injure those who are blameless. But Yishan will watch out for you.”

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

Higgins on X wrote that the bill as written “reveals and injures thousands of innocent people,” such as witnesses and family members.

From Barron's Nov. 18, 2025

His phone rings during a moment of silence for a deceased patient and he injures his finger moving a patient off a gurney.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2025

No major injures were reported in that crash.

From BBC Jan. 2, 2025

Sepsis arises when the body has an extreme response to an infection and injures its own tissues and organs.

From Science Daily Jun. 18, 2024

In so doing he injures only those whose fields and houses have been taken away and given to the new inhabitants, who are only a small part of that dominion.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Police arrived and found Summers injured on a street adjacent to the mall.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The hospital is the primary location for treating troops injured in combat in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

In another finding, the study said injured e-bike riders tend to be younger than those hurt on traditional bikes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

At least 118 police personnel were also injured, Delhi Police said.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Before he died in 1883, he confessed to Samuel Cox Jr. that he had known all along that the injured stranger at his door was John Wilkes Booth.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

The June 24 disaster—which devastated this coastal region, killing at least 4,118 and injuring some 17,000, with 30,000 still missing—exposed the deep failures of the country’s public-health system.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

There were early concerns for Djokovic when he pulled up and immediately called for the trainer after injuring his lower left leg at 4-4 in the first set.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

The 38-year-old Messi had not featured for Argentina in the build-up to their title defence after injuring a hamstring playing for Inter Miami in late May.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

And in 1989, thousands had to flee when poisonous chlorine gas leaked from a 30-ton tank in Ventura County, injuring about 20 people.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

He reached one of the giant robot pelican suit’s giant robot pelican feet and kicked it, injuring his own toes.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness




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