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bruise

[brooz] / bruz /




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But the images also bring back “the chirping and the beeping,” the panic and urgency, and the toe-prick tests that made Jackson bruise and “squeal” with pain.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

There are now calls to widen the investigation to examine the case of Damion Russell after medics at Blackpool Victoria Hospital failed to ask his father about an old bruise on his head.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Insurance isn’t there to handle every bump and bruise.

From MarketWatch Apr. 21, 2026

Nine days ago, she suffered a torn ACL, a bone bruise and meniscus damage.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 8, 2026

But his face still had a bruise on it, so Klaus remained silent.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

He keeps going to the doctor, has bruises on both hands, and brags about passing dementia tests.

From Slate Jun. 23, 2026

Cook took bruises and beatings during his investigations, which saw him tackle injustice and stand up for victims of crime.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

The press is full of uninformed speculation about bruises on his hands and puffy ankles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Rudd seems to have been told he’s in one, playing Rick’s humiliation so large that he looks unhinged, his face covered in cuts and bruises of his own doing that, distractingly, never seem to heal.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

No bruises, at least none I could see.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe

Salisbury was colorful: A mixed martial arts enthusiast, he once appeared at the agency’s headquarters with his face bruised and eye blackened from a recent bout.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Javier Ramirez was handcuffed in the back of an unmarked car, bruised and confused, when immigration agents used a word he had never heard before.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Even activist heavyweight Elliott Investment Management was bruised there in 2015, when it failed to block a merger inside the vast Samsung group.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The Buddha, seeing him bruised, bloody, and weeping, smiles and tells him he must bear it.

From Slate Jul. 10, 2026

George had mixed a sharp rock in the dirt and it bruised her knuckles.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

The bruising recession that followed left the central banker convinced the global economy had become too dependent on the U.S. and its reserve currency.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Meituan 3690 0.00%increase; up pointing triangle returned to profit in the second quarter as China’s top food-delivery company recovered from a bruising price war in the world’s second-largest consumer market.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Since there isn’t much in the way of conversation, the bruising combat scenes take center stage to head-spinning effect.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

"Audrey Werro is still young and that was a huge amount of pressure, even without the fall and the bruising," former marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe told BBC TV.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Each apprentice gave their best, but Bokator was a bruising discipline and not everyone’s strength.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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