blister
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Right-hander Roki Sasaki is working back from a blister on his middle finger and is penciled in to return from the IL next week against the Padres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 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
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
Roberts also said he didn’t believe the blister affected Ohtani’s command last week, when he threw six hitless innings against the Rockies but issued four walks and hit a batter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Bowker peeled open a finger blister and sucked on “Go on,” Azar said.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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It was so hot and humid that Lee Feaster, a native Texas and the father of freshman wideout Boobie Feaster, said on Tuesday that his wife passed out during the game and still had blisters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 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 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
Troubled by their blisters, they limped back in the direction of the beach with the idea of finding Mace and sharing the food and drink.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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
The gold-plated figure she’d won for “Fantastic Beasts” was warped and blackened by heat, its surface blistered and twisted like something pulled from a furnace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 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
So they kept swinging the spade and striking, but the sun- blistered ground had hardened like a rock, the dirt unyielding, compressed, almost petrified.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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The result was bubbling, blistering and peeling that appeared just weeks after the renovation was completed.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
For Serena, who is the youngest of five sisters in the blended Williams family, that meant learning to return Venus’s blistering serve on Compton’s public courts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
After a blistering start in 2025 that appeared to solidify Crow-Armstrong as a burgeoning superstar, the Chicago Cubs’ outfielder fell into a dismal slump that not even a full winter could fix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The child's parents took him to the accident and emergency department at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, where he was treated for partial blistering to his leg and forearm.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Valley held her hands out, and they were blistering and red.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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