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blister

[blis-ter] / ˈblɪs tər /


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Ciara and her partner Lewis had to become experts in the rare genetic disorder, which causes skin to tear or blister at the slightest touch.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Choi’s advice was to go the other direction: blister them, puree them, drown them in vinegar or chili, add something sweet, blend them into sauces, make them taste like the foods you already crave.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Right-hander Roki Sasaki, who went on the IL last month with a blister on the middle finger of his right hand, threw a simulated game Wednesday afternoon and could return shortly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

A searing blister had erupted on my right heel—a bloody, foreign kind of pain that I’d been afraid to mention to anyone because I didn’t want to look too tender.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Her symptoms got worse, with sores and blisters leaving her in constant pain.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

He added: "I ended up covered in these large watery blisters the whole way up my arm, I'll always remember the pain of it."

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

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 got home last Saturday, she made a big fuss and made me clip a leaf off the aloe vera plant in her front window so she could smear the gel on his blisters.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

Pike is currently in critical condition on a ventilator, with burned and blistered arms, according to her lawyers.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

The lawyer said medics were "working to save Ms. Pike's life" after she arrived with both arms "swollen, burned, and blistered."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Would that make Antetokounmpo a candidate to take the Angels off the hands of Arte Moreno, who at games has been blistered by a large group of shirtless fans chanting “sell the team?”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Among this year’s participants was WSJ’s achy, blistered Xavier Martinez.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

He watched as her tongue moved to moisten her blistered lips.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

This makes it prone to blistering and causes her significant mobility issues.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

As Anna Holmes recently pointed out in her blistering New Yorker essay, more than half of millennials have had parental help purchasing their home.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

It’s also attributable to an immensely painful derisking and deleveraging process among domestic retail investors who had been riding the stock market’s blistering rally throughout 2025 and the first half of 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

In the wake of blistering cutbacks during the pandemic, she said, some airlines wondered if they should keep offering amenity kits at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

He poured out two cups of blistering black brew and brought them to the table.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee


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