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injure

[in-jer] / ˈɪn dʒər /


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"He could injure his arm or leg. At Tyson's age, with hard training camps, that can happen. It could also happen to Joshua."

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

He counsels them not to be afraid, even after early clandestine operations injure first the narrator, then Gavriel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The outage, which involved a transformer on the electricity grid, was related to extreme temperatures and did not injure anyone, the prefecture in the coastal department of Finistere said in a statement.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

The team also reports that unpublished experiments found similar regenerative benefits after treatment with the chemotherapy drug 5-fluorouracil, which is commonly used against colon and pancreatic cancers but can also injure the intestinal lining.

From Science Daily May 21, 2026

“If you mean, Miss Havisham, what have you done to injure me, let me answer. Very little. I should have loved her under any circumstances. Is she married?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

In implementing the law, the government further defined "harm" to include "significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding or sheltering."

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

In the past, City's title challenge has come undone due to inconsistency or injures to key players such as Khadija Shaw, Alex Greenwood and Lauren Hemp.

From BBC Feb. 1, 2026

The novel begins at the end, in the aftermath of a skydiving accident that gravely injures the father.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 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

The power of the organic phosphates, those poisoners of the nerve-protective enzyme cholinesterase, may become greater if the body has first been exposed to a chlorinated hydrocarbon which injures the liver.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The country's Prime Minister Péter Magyar offered his "sincere condolences" to the families of the victims and wished those injured a speedy recovery.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

“No civilians or deputies were injured during the incident.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

At first, Cruz wondered whether the unusual bones belonged to an animal that had been sick or injured during its lifetime, which would make them an example of paleopathology.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

The hospital also has to deal with an influx of people injured in the quake, like Yoktafiana Sinar whose house came down on top of her.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

“If you look closely, you can see that his jacket is dry, not wet. He was disguised to look like he was injured in the battle, but blood dries brown, not bright red.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

James, who is the first-choice right-back, has been unavailable since injuring a hamstring in their second group match against Ghana - missing games against Panama, DR Congo and Mexico.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Plum missed her fourth consecutive game since injuring her right ankle in practice.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Prosecutors alleged their actions during a September protest outside the suburban Broadview detention center amounted to impeding or injuring an officer.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

"Birds very often get caught in anti-drone nets or become entangled in fibre-optic cables, injuring their wings, and they suffer terribly," Iryna Snopko, the shelter's 63-year-old director told AFP.

From Barron's May 20, 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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