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bruise

[brooz] / bruz /




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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

There are now calls to widen the investigation to examine the case of Damion Russell after medics at Blackpool Victoria Hospital failed to ask his father about an old bruise on his head.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Injured Rockets star Kevin Durant, who missed the game with a bone bruise in his sprained left ankle, waved goodbye from the Rockets bench.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Apr. 21, 2026

“Look at this peach. They bruise so easily, they need a Shield to escort them.”

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

When people notice his plentiful bruises, Almásy makes up excuses, leading them to think he’s a klutz.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

He keeps going to the doctor, has bruises on both hands, and brags about passing dementia tests.

From Slate Jun. 23, 2026

Cook took bruises and beatings during his investigations, which saw him tackle injustice and stand up for victims of crime.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

The press is full of uninformed speculation about bruises on his hands and puffy ankles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

He was moving stiffly, and Lazlo didn’t doubt that his back was covered with welts and bruises.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

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

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

James Henry Trotter was lying bruised and battered on the floor of the room amongst a tangled mass of Centipede and Earthworm and Spider and Ladybug and Glow-worm and Old-Green-Grasshopper.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl

These range from relatively minor ones such as soreness, bruising and uneven filler, to serious ones including infection.

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

The artificial-intelligence boom has pushed the bruising race for housing into overdrive—a lack of supply is colliding with sky-high AI salaries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

“Euripedes says you’re bruising his sides,” said Luxa.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins




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