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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

Alex knelt down beside him, gently peeled his ear free, and pressed the bandage back into place.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

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

After the somewhat painful task of blood collection and a few bandages later, I mailed the sample in.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Ostrovsky said other deepfake images appeared to show him in hospital with his bandages removed, or holding an Academy Award trophy, many of which are still online today.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

Human forms swaddled in burial shrouds rather than bandages, dirt dusting their skin, their eyes and mouths covered with chunks of shattered pottery.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Eight hours later, he found himself in a hospital in Tine, with his hands burnt and bandaged.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

But still, when I speak to him afterwards, his heavily bandaged leg throbbing, he is determined.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

Certainly not the one you have in mind: bandaged dead guy, ominous hieroglyphics, maybe Brendan Fraser.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

His right hand has repeatedly appeared bandaged and bruised.

From Salon Dec. 10, 2025

A Viet Cong suspect, whose injured leg was bandaged by a US Marines medic, is carried to an interrogation area in a battle zone, 1965.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

“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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