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Another concertgoer wrote that Sykes’ face was visibly swollen by the end of the show, and additional videos from the concert show him performing with a fresh welt near his eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Donovan seemed to use downstairs as his target with Crocker bringing the uppercut into play but he would find himself with a huge welt under the left eye by the end of the fourth.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025

Among Germany’s other greatest portmanteau exports are weltschmerz, a combination of welt for “world” and schmerz for “pain,” meaning a “sensation of melancholy and world-weariness.”

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2025

There was also the time Clyde woke me up by nipping my chin hard enough to leave a welt because I had not served his breakfast quickly enough.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024

“I’ll be down in a minute,” I say, inspecting my Jenny Flick penny welt in the bathroom mirror.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

But it’s not only annoying pink welts that Faraji’s team is concerned about.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Ghost had an allergic reaction to the cold water, breaking out in red welts and shaking uncontrollably, the court heard, so the pair went back to Ghost's luxury beachside apartment rental to warm up.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

“According to her Doctor’s Report, she suffers from ‘urticaria,’ defined as ‘a rash of round, red welts on the skin that itch intensely, sometimes with dangerous swelling.’

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024

She recalled pressing so hard against the newly erected fence that the chain-link left diamond-shaped welts on her palms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

I look down at my arms—littered with tiny red welts from mosquitoes that apparently decided to use me as their pizza party.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Instead he just welted it straight down Coady’s pipe.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2021

The welted thistle did not successfully outgrow the ballast heap to take root in New York City, but sticky nightshade has stuck around.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2021

By contrast the men's market has benefitted from higher-priced items such as Goodyear welted shoes which enjoy a healthy export trade to Europe, Asia and US.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2017

Wicker concludes the scene many hours later: It sounds like a welted voice wincing at the basement’s night.

From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2013

I do not think I could have watched them cut, but 1 watched the wound closed into a high welted ridge with quick skilful-looking stitches like a cobbler's, and was glad.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

Harnage stands alone on a darkened stage, amid a forest of ropes — soft sculptures made of cotton welting — that dropped like curtains.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

EST 14:00 71 min A good move involving Lukaku and Lennon ends with Azpilicueta welting the ball clear from inside his own six-yard box.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2016

Hang on, umpire Steve Davis is looking towards the horizon - and just like that it's welting it down.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2010

Examples: > In Liverpool, dock-wallopers practice a custom called "welting"; half of an eight-man crew works while the other half loafs, and at intervals they change roles.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had known too many Marine wives and children who had come to their front door and found dour messengers, their faces carved from the ices of duty, standing with tragic news welting their tongues.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy