scar
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Dizzyingly deep pits from large-scale mining scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains, threatening the future of a forested buffer that New Delhi relies on for protection from furnace-hot desert winds.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
Abrupt, unwelcome occurrences scar our autonomy and cripple our illusion of independence; the question of what went wrong falls on our shoulders, another loop to languish inside.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Warsh must now satisfy another audience: the 18 colleagues around the table at the Federal Open Market Committee, who bring their own views and scar tissue.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The body responds by forming scar tissue, but that scar does not contract like healthy heart muscle.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
He had a white streak across his head which I guessed was a wound scar from some hunter— bear hunting is allowed here.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing scar
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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