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
Despite his insistence that he was healthy fairly soon after he suffered a left knee hyperextension and bone bruise March 15, Antetokounmpo didn’t play in the last 15 games of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Closing my eyes, I pressed the ice-cold Snapple Apple bottle to the tiny bruise above my eye.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
“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
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
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
Dr. Malone looked at Lyra’s desperate frown and clenched fists, at the bruises on her cheek and her leg, and said, “Dear me, child, calm down.”
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
That’s some shaky ground on which to repair bruised friendships.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
For his part, the unnamed 17-year-old said in a since-deleted social media post that he suffered six fractured vertebrae and a badly bruised tailbone and needed nine stitches in his foot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
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
His father clapped him on the back so often, I was certain he’d end up bruised.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
It's the latest chapter in a bruising year.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Solomon had a bruising stretch around 2022 to 2024 that cast his longevity as CEO into doubt among many partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Meta, by contrast, has taken its chances in court -- with bruising results.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
For such a bruising cut, the lyrics of “The Edge of Perfection” are surprisingly optimistic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
I see the bruising on his hand fine.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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