blister
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Ohtani has been pitching through a blister on the middle finger of his right hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
I’d let them blister and slump just slightly at the edges.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
Radar data from inside the ice shows what appears to be a blister beneath the surface, pushing the glacier upward at that location.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
Both women's medication was in blister packs and was labelled with their names.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
“I like . . . you know, you’re so funny, and beautiful, and you ...” “Everyone’s beautiful. Everyone’s pretty as a pansy in a blister pack. That’s not what you’re talking about.”
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
The result can be swelling, bruising, bleeding, blisters and discoloration of the skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Mulligan considered the aches, pains and blisters a small price for the “mingled sensations of camaraderie, achievement and wonder at Manhattan’s astonishing array of sights.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
But there are no tales of lost toenails or infected blisters for her.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
If blisters are the cost of doing business, so be it.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2026
The Msaidizi weakly stands as the blisters on her back fade slightly.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
I liked the sausage and kale and look forward to making her blistered Jimmy Nardello pepper pizzas this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
It nudged me to trust a roast chicken with five more minutes, until the skin blistered into crackle and glass.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025
"I looked like a plucked turkey because my skin had blistered so much," Chris says.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
He said he had “serious burns” to his face and arms and that the incident had singed his eyebrows and blistered his mouth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024
When our hands blistered from the buckets and shovels, we tied scraps of cloth around our palms.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
The blistering heat also has hindered efforts to fight massive wildfires raging in Colorado and Utah.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Isaac’s and Mulligan’s characters have a drawn-out, sometimes blistering, sometimes riotously funny fight in the premiere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The jet will fly over the National Mall alongside the Defense Department’s most impressive equipment on Saturday, before the president delivers a speech in what is forecast to be a blistering heat wave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Far more relaxed on her return to action two days later, there was an entirely different feel to this performance as the 25-year-old made a blistering start against 2021 runner-up Pliskova.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Marse Tom don’t hardly get Doc West for ague. He says all the doc knows is bleeding and blistering and purging and puking and making folks sicker than they was to start.”
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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