bruise
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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
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
Confidently, “Yes” ups the buffoonery in a big way, signaling an increased willingness to bruise viewers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Sefia recognized the young sentry, though now his hair had been roughed up on one side and there was a bruise soaking his cheek.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
He keeps going to the doctor, has bruises on both hands, and brags about passing dementia tests.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 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
"There have been a lot of bruises this season," Howe said.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Courtiers, waiting for better battles, study my bruises and evaluate my prowess.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Moldy, bruised and rotten fruits and vegetables should also be avoided.
From Salon ● 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
He left the game after that play in the fifth inning with a bruised right hamstring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
“Garbage. Restaurant-dumpster quality. Day-old meat mingled with bruised bananas. Quite a heady bouquet.”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
Ms. Aviv also uses one woman’s experience as a way of delving into the bruising trade-offs of Filipino women who work as nannies overseas so that their own children, motherless at home, have spending money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
SpaceX’s stock is climbing on Tuesday and is set to snap a bruising seven-session losing streak.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Still, neither side is actually prepared to break the relationship apart again after the bruising decoupling push last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
A Spain side stacked with star names have sneaked their way into the World Cup final, where they ultimately triumph in a bruising encounter against the Netherlands with an extra-time Andres Iniesta winner.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Coalwood was, after all, a place for work above all else: hard, bruising, filthy, and sometimes deadly work.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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