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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

"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

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

Sunny’s mother could see the bruise above my eye for the first time and her eyes popped.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

Speaking about the incident for the first time on Piers Morgan's Football Uncensored, Townsend said he was lucky to only escape from under the roller with a few "bumps and bruises".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

“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

The trade brawl could leave both countries with more bruises than a hockey fight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Two others were treated for cuts and bruises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

She held Akira away from her and took in all her scrapes and bruises.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Legislators advanced bills, backed by California’s powerful trial lawyer trade group, aimed at policing the state’s legal industry, which has been bruised by ‘a wave of inappropriate attorney conduct’ highlighted by The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Reiner pointed to “a variety of physical ailments” that are “easy to see,” including bruised hands, swollen legs and an inability to stay awake.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

These battles leave even the toughest environmental advocates within governments bruised.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Even with a bruised rotation that includes a banged-up Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles has the best pitching in the game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

“The pears are bruised on one side. I just turned the bruised sides down. They are for show. Maybe you would like an apple.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Unusually, Turkey must navigate these complexities with Australia, a major fossil fuel exporter, after both countries agreed to share COP31 duties following a bruising hosting battle.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Markets saw a turbulent summer: the AI trade stumbled as semiconductor stocks fell, hedge fund Situational Awareness suffered a bruising decline and leveraged investors unwound their riskiest positions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Two bruising runs from Miller later, and USC was up 10-0.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

This included a failure to properly investigate why she started wearing a hijab - that covered the bruising - for "fear of causing offence".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

I sat there, my fist that gripped the brief case bruising against the street, my head slumped forward.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison