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scar

[skahr] / skɑr /




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The year after that, heavy rains pummeled the burn scar, burying buildings and vehicles under mud and debris.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Karen Piazza, a 45-year old teacher in Brooklyn, paid $8,100 for the procedure, which left her with a small scar under each armpit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

City staff regularly meet with the National Weather Service and are working to “shore up” burn scar areas and reduce the effects of debris flows, flooding and high winds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

"You're thrown so into the deep end and there's no sort of, 'Oh, this is how your scar should look. This is quite normal for this sort of time'."

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The wound healed—my mother treated it with some herbs—but I still have the scar, under my right eye.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

Researchers had previously used EMR to reshape cartilage-rich rabbit ears and to modify scars and skin in pigs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

In a second study area, where traditional chain moorings remained until 2023, the scars reduced by 65.4%, around 15.9 sq m a year.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The paranoid body fought itself while seeking out danger, leaving lasting scars in the process.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

The scars lasted for decades, especially for the families of those killed, or those who were there and survived.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

He looked down at the scars on his hand.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Its roads are scarred by potholes, sewage leaks and overgrown vegetation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

"The policing family is deeply scarred by this incident," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Even before ensnaring Ruffo, the ever-expanding huachicol fiscal scandal had already scarred the Mexican navy, long one of the nation’s most trusted institutions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

How unnerving that its creation scarred its creator.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

His knuckles weren’t scarred and swollen like theirs, but his wrists were marked and the palms of his hands were callused.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

This can lead to more serious health issues including scarring and narrowing of the esophagus, or even tearing in the esophagus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Flash flooding in Arizona recently swept through the Grand Canyon, killing at least two people, a weather event that was exacerbated by wildfire scarring, drought and warming temperatures in the Pacific Ocean.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Doctors told her time and again that it could not be endometriosis - an incurable condition causing lesions and scarring on internal organs and around the body, external - because she was too young.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

"GDF15 helps reprogram liver cells to reduce inflammation and scarring by advanced spatial technology," says Dongdong Wang, first and corresponding author of the study and assistant professor in McMaster's Department of Medicine.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

"Some scarring, not bad really, Angela. Besides, you always said being pretty wasn't important, it's who you really are that counts."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin




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