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One told me they would rather the focus had been wooing younger voters by tackling the amount graduates repay in student loans, an old bruise for the Lib Dems.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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

Thiero, who returned in the second half, said he landed on a bruise he recently sustained in practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

The gourd head began to rot in the sun and collapse upon itself, oozing and purple like a bruise.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

“When the consequences of a geopolitical crisis roils oil markets and bruises the bond market, it is only a matter of time before equities get hit,” Brooks of XTB added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

When Pogacar hit the asphalt, the damage was instant: a concussion, bruises and cuts to his face and shoulder, a fractured C7 vertebrae and a broken collarbone said to require surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The flat below was badly damaged, and a woman and her teenage son remain in hospital with bruises and minor burns.

From BBC ● May 30, 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

As an extra layer of protection, pilots wore tight helmets and full-body pressure suits so stiff they left bruises.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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

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

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

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

Is it any wonder that every morning, when he saw Bebe, his heart would feel bruised?

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

For such a bruising cut, the lyrics of “The Edge of Perfection” are surprisingly optimistic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Chip stocks were staging a sharp rally on Thursday, continuing their comeback from a bruising selloff at the start of the week.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

Even after such a bruising session, there were some small positives.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

As we walk, the preacher keeps my right arm in a bruising grip, but I can’t shake him off without dropping my dinner.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland