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[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

He might have given himself a bruise the size of a baseball but he’s focused on the audience’s delight.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 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

It wasn’t true—he was bleeding from both knees and would have a bruise that would purple his whole shin—but he was alive.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

“In just two games, I got hit in the face, groin, shin, foot, hand and head,” he says, counting up his bruises.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

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

From Slate Jun. 23, 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

There are more cuts, bruises and knockouts - which is exactly the appeal for some fans.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

After she had had some sal volatile and sat still for a few minutes, she said the re was nothing he matter with her except a few bruises.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

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

Moldy, bruised and rotten fruits and vegetables should also be avoided.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

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

From Slate Jul. 10, 2026

Fery's progress has been limited by injuries - notably a bruised bone in his arm that is similar to the problem affecting Britain's former world number four Jack Draper.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

By the time they reached the park, Carmen’s chest felt bruised.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis

"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

Some artificial-intelligence stocks that got knocked off their pedestals, in part due to a bruising July selloff, now represent attractive opportunities for investors, according to BofA analysts.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Plus, “moles” in China are leaking official secrets for profit, and the bruising race to rent in San Francisco goes into overdrive.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Following a damaging transfer window last summer, and a bruising domestic season, Newcastle have shifted their approach.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

I spent so many days with my forehead pressed against my glass window, bruising myself with my futile wanting.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon




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