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But in this moment, eight days into a hospital stay after a horrendous car accident that left her bruised, contused and confused, she leans into the comfort of confiding in a four-legged friend.

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“The contused areas show the swelling to be receding.”

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Upton, back in the Angels lineup after sitting out one game because of a contused forearm, went one for four.

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If you don’t watch yourself, with every move you’ll end up being gashed, broken, bruised or contused.

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That day, he’d seen an elderly man who had taken a bad spill two or three weeks earlier, resulting in a contused kidney and a compression fracture of his lower spine.

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