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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

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

I’m surprised all I need is a small bandage to cover the spot.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

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

In hospital, with her arms wrapped in bandages, Bethany Norman held onto her baby son.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

During Greco-Roman times, Egyptian artists were called upon to inscribe funerary spells on linen mummy bandages.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

Mami would rush him to a clinic, where the wound was once again scraped and dressed in bandages.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

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

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 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

Once I'm bandaged up, I accept Willem’s and Ollie's outstretched hands, rising to my feet, and watch as Ollie drags my bicycle back up to the road.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

“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

She only had the bandaging to arrange, and naturally her wants were the earliest to be attended.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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