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
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
In the early days after injury, a hematoma or bruise develops at the fracture site.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
It was too dark to see more than his silhouette, his eyes, but she could tell his curls were a mess and a bruise was forming across his jaw.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
When people notice his plentiful bruises, Almásy makes up excuses, leading them to think he’s a klutz.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
“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
A plump yellow mango with just a few ugly bruises.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
For years, I would come home from figure-skating practice bruised from falling, exhausted from trying not to fall and tender from the ambient heartache of being a teenager.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 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
The Buddha, seeing him bruised, bloody, and weeping, smiles and tells him he must bear it.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ms. Champlin reveals the bruised heart beneath the bravado Cheryl-Ann projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
George had mixed a sharp rock in the dirt and it bruised her knuckles.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
"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
Seeing women and their children walking happily along a street, I’d feel a pang of longing followed by a bruising wallop of inadequacy.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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