blister
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His signature victory was a record-setting blister up Alpe d’Huez in which he roared through costumed, enthusiastic revelers on his way to a fifth stage win.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Nerve damage means a blister or pebble in the shoe can go unnoticed until it creates a serious wound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
I’d let them blister and slump just slightly at the edges.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
Radar data from inside the ice shows what appears to be a blister beneath the surface, pushing the glacier upward at that location.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
“Don’t scratch, miss, unless you want big ugly scars. That’s rule one with chicken pox: break a blister and leave a pit. You’ll resemble Swiss cheese in no time.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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The result can be swelling, bruising, bleeding, blisters and discoloration of the skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The balls of both feet and the ends of both pointer toes had been mashed into misshapen blisters.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
When we meet in April, they’re still recovering from Coachella, where Yang braved horrible foot blisters for Addison Rae and Sabrina Carpenter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
But there are no tales of lost toenails or infected blisters for her.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
They dug until their hands were raw with open blisters and every muscle ached, but they had no time for rest.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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I liked the sausage and kale and look forward to making her blistered Jimmy Nardello pepper pizzas this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Contact your GP or NHS 111 if your skin is blistered or swollen or you have other symptoms of heat exhaustion or heatstroke.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
A handful of sun-dried tomatoes, blended with roasted cherry tomatoes — their skins blistered in a sizzling layer of golden olive oil — lends this version the concentrated flavor of August, even now in mid-March.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2025
He said he had “serious burns” to his face and arms and that the incident had singed his eyebrows and blistered his mouth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024
The patients walk the colony with bare and blistered feet.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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King performed well at the NFL scouting combine earlier this year, running the 40-yard dash in a blistering 4.46 seconds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
South Korea is struggling against the effects of a blistering heatwave which has brought its highest ever temperatures.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
People flocked to air-conditioned shopping malls or cafes to escape the blistering temperatures, an AFP reporter saw.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
In January, Nanos said he hoped the TV series would cast a heroic light on his jurisdiction, where deputies work in daytime’s blistering heat and the blanket darkness of desert night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
But it’s in Paradise Lost that he’s to be found in properly blistering form—first as the defeated general rallying his troops in hell, and later as the tricksy serpent in the Garden of Eden.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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