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bandage

[ban-dij] / ˈbæn dɪdʒ /
NOUN
covering for wound
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VERB
cover a wound
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STRONG


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His grandmother gestured to the bandage across his face.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2026

The caption — complete with a winking emoji blowing a kiss — accompanied a photo of the “St. Denis Medical” star wearing a bandage around her face and neck.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2026

But any payment is only a bandage for a deeply rigged market.

From MarketWatch Dec. 23, 2025

“By the time it was finished, there wasn’t one bandage left in either of the clubs,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

Stitches lined one of his mother’s cheeks, and a bandage was wrapped around her head.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

When her bandages are unwrapped, she’s devastated to learn that her face is still symmetrical, with a thin nose, unblemished skin, and full lips.

From Slate Sep. 2, 2026

I would recommend finding a kit with a wide variety of tools, bandages, and basic medical supplies.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

A trip to ancient Egypt, for instance, leads to one of the Minions running out of toilet paper and accidentally unwrapping a nearby mummy’s bandages for the purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

In Pasadena, volunteers at the restaurant Chamo Venezuelan Cuisine collected supplies, issuing a special plea for bandages, gauze, painkillers and other over-the-counter medicines.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

I wish I had one of those long Ace bandages to wrap around it.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

She posted a video in which she and Anderson, 61, could be seen with her fingertips bandaged up.

From BBC Mar. 21, 2026

There was a sizeable police presence in the area and visibly shocked local residents were in the streets, including some with bandaged faces.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

His right hand has repeatedly appeared bandaged and bruised.

From Salon Dec. 10, 2025

He played with a small cast on his left hand and was even using that bandaged appendage to stiff-arm defenders.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2025

Ingrid walked several meters out onto the ice, eyes bandaged, hands in front of her.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

“There were a lot of people in the background that were kind of bubblegum and bandaging everything together to make sure that there was not a single hiccup,” Goetter said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Lifeguards at Bondi have been praised for their courage on the day of the December 14 attack, dragging people to safety, bandaging and resuscitating victims, and pulling panicked swimmers from the waves.

From Barron's Dec. 20, 2025

"The treatment of human wounds was most likely first mentioned in a medical manuscript that dates back to 2200 BC, which included cleaning, plastering, and bandaging of wounds with certain wound care substances," says Schuppli.

From Science Daily May 2, 2024

“I’m proud of you, Yesenia,” licensed vocational nurse Munisa Saidova told Guevara after bandaging her arm.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 13, 2022

There wasn’t much she could do about Håkon’s arm past bandaging it.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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