contusion
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Smart was nursing a right ankle contusion that kept him out of nine games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Doncic was dealing with right hip soreness and Reaves was battling a right forearm contusion after Wednesday’s physical win over Houston.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
LeBron James missed his third consecutive game, still recovering from a hip contusion suffered in a fall against the Denver Nuggets last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
LeBron James was downgraded to out with a right hip contusion and left foot arthritis for the Lakers’ game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Half was a purple contusion that hung in strips like a shredded mask.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
It is not quite the classic meet-cute, though cute enough, contusions aside: Stan is less concerned about his head than with the location of Cynthia’s bathroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
His security guard said he suffered back injuries as well as lacerations and contusions.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
Of the 59 injuries Zagelbaum chronicled, 30 were abrasions or lacerations to the eyelid, 17 contusions to the eyelid or periorbital region, seven were corneal abrasions, three were orbital fractures and two were unspecified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
The many serious patients they send straight to a stabilization clinic, but here they treat many concussions, contusions and frostbite.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023
Four other men, including two of the Algerians, sustained contusions.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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