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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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The otter swim instructors say they were told to downplay the bites as “just animal things” and to offer Neosporin and a bandaid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Posting on her Instagram story after announcing her donation, Chappell said "sharing my personal experience on a Grammy stage wasn't meant to be a crowdfunded bandaid".

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2025

Millions of these cells float around in the blood at all times, and when an injury occurs either internally or externally, they clot together to form a natural, living bandaid.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

"Discussion of climate engineering are a shiny, flashy distraction from the problem — putting a bandaid over a gaping wound."

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2023

It was like that bandaid that is just barely hanging on as you wait to rip it off.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2016




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