bandage
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Someone in the crowd applied a bandage to his head and he was quickly taken to an emergency room.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
His grandmother gestured to the bandage across his face.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
His right hand shows persistent bruising, often covered with thick makeup and at times a bandage, and his ankles have appeared swollen.
From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026
But any payment is only a bandage for a deeply rigged market.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
Alex knelt down beside him, gently peeled his ear free, and pressed the bandage back into place.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
The bandages soon got dirty from all the dust and debris, so he asked for socks to put over the dressing on the stump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
They spend up to three hours each night replacing bandages on his feet.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The pilot, his head wrapped in bandages, and with a breathing tube in his nose, said the path to recovery was long.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
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 cough as I do and even with the bandages it hurts so I have to wait till I stop.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Certainly not the one you have in mind: bandaged dead guy, ominous hieroglyphics, maybe Brendan Fraser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 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
Then she slow-motion struts down an L.A. sidewalk in heels, barges into the meeting, props her bloody, bandaged foot on the table, and somehow still closes the deal with the celebrity stylist.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025
They meet in the nurse’s office of their school, where Kayleen complains of an unsettled stomach and Doug has a bandaged face after taking a fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
A Viet Cong suspect, whose injured leg was bandaged by a US Marines medic, is carried to an interrogation area in a battle zone, 1965.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
Crimson underwent multiple bandaging and bracing techniques to aid his limb development.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
“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
She was in the intensive care unit bandaging a patient when she was called to the phone.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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