bruise
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"An aggressive pacifism, obviously, but we only bruise our victims' egos," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
The officer asks Digwa: "Are you injured?" to which Digwa replies: "Yeah, yeah, I've got a swollen eye here, a little bruise here."
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Insurance isn’t there to handle every bump and bruise.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
Still, now, hours after my assignment, I can feel it beating so hard against my chest I think it might bruise my ribs.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
“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
"There have been a lot of bruises this season," Howe said.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
The source also told the outlet Ritchson crashed, fell off his motorcycle and incurred cuts and bruises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
I sat and tried to ignore my various bums and bruises, and when Mola returned I led her to the southwestern side of Mains where there were a trio of decorative chimneys.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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
Benn and Sir Keir Starmer made a core part of their time in office fixing relations with the Irish government, which had been badly bruised during Brexit.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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
“Garbage. Restaurant-dumpster quality. Day-old meat mingled with bruised bananas. Quite a heady bouquet.”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
This bruising loss was certainly not the reunion Tonali had in mind after joining Spurs for a fee worth up to £100m last month.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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
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
His face, which earlier had seemed marked by old, bruising shadows, looked young again.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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