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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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Antonyms
STRONG


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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

These stories are harsh and brief, like a bandage ripped from a wound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 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

Ivan stood with slumped shoulders, and Håkon kept inspecting his torn skin beneath the bandage around his arm.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

They spend up to three hours each night replacing bandages on his feet.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

You can cat-proof them by wrapping them in no-chew, bitter-tasting bandages, which veterinary clinics use to prevent animals from biting them off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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 would recommend finding a kit with a wide variety of tools, bandages, and basic medical supplies.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

I watched Mother and Audrey change his remaining bandages.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Caluori posted a picture on social media in July of himself in a hospital bed with a heavily bandaged right wrist.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

His right hand has repeatedly appeared bandaged and bruised.

From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2025

She wouldn’t have recognized him as Jamie—tonight he was the picture of rosy health, nothing like the gray-faced, grieving invalid she’d last seen slumping bandaged and unresponsive in a Bath chair.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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

Even the fauns were invited, since they’d helped out by bandaging the wounded after the battle.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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