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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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That’s when you can think about ripping off the bandage and converting funds to Roth with an eye to the tax rate of the next generation.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

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

“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

“And what’s this?” she said, peeling back the dirty sock she’d used for a bandage.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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

Even with the bandages doing their thing I can’t stand up straight all the way but I do my best and look around.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

Firefighters bandaged him and encouraged the Tuskegee University student to go to a hospital the next town over to receive stitches and medicine.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Eight hours later, he found himself in a hospital in Tine, with his hands burnt and bandaged.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Soon Borquez was seen walking off to get his shoulder bandaged.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 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

Sasha gave an interview to the local news, wearing a skirt over bandaged legs.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

“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

"They said I was untreatable. They kept bandaging me up and then unbandaging it," Shamiam says.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2024

"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

His father, in silence, began bandaging Roy’s forehead.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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