scar
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Credit where credit is due, though, he’s already made a mark on the political discourse that will have the staying power of a jagged scar.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
The body responds by forming scar tissue, but that scar does not contract like healthy heart muscle.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
In the case of “Brigadoon,” Lerner and Loewe composed a musical that recognized the global scar of World War II, and in its insistence that love transcended loss, gave people the catharsis they needed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
For weeks afterward, she could barely look at the purplish scar running from her neck down her chest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
“The sight of a wound or scar always agitates and sickens me,” she said.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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