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The images show the rapid expansion of the burn scar as the wildfire spread.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

In addition to winning him the hand of Desdemona, they have left an invisible scar behind, a grievous case of post-traumatic stress disorder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Now Reid, dressed in black with his chest partially exposed beneath an open jacket revealing a scar, stepped on stage and into the role of Lestat in front of the audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026

While creatures such as salamanders can regenerate entire limbs, humans typically heal injuries by forming scar tissue.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

His russet beard was a bird’s nest tangle; one cheek was pulled downwards by an ugly scar, and whatever had bitten him had taken off one ear.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

But many whales are also identifiable by their scars, including from collisions with everything from tankers, cargo and cruise ships to fishing boats and recreational vessels.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

He’s got one foot on the so-called safe path — college, white-collar isolation — and the other on a career that’s already covering him in well-earned scars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

She says she had the surgery, which left scars.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

For young workers, studies have found the scars from missing a vital period of career attainment and network-building can last for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Or Cherrie, who had scars on his shoulder and body from a piranha attack.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

Nontheless, scarred by the devastation of the 2025 Palisades fire, 2024 Franklin fire and 2018 Woolsey fire, Malibuites take fire safety seriously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

How unnerving that its creation scarred its creator.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

Their elders, who are more numerous and much richer, remain scarred by the bull market of the 1980s, which crashed in 1990 leaving lost decades in its wake.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Builders, scarred by the years of local bottlenecks that have delayed and killed their projects, fear that Congress’s new legislation could meet the same fate when cities and towns try to implement it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

I’m too thin, too scarred, too...I meet my hazel eyes in the mirror.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

According to the outlet, Collins has permanent scarring on his pancreas, and his kidneys “barely” function.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Giant hogweed contains a sap which can leave painful blistering and scarring when it comes into contact with human skin.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

"Even shifting the response slightly away from scarring could have real benefits."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

Activated by the hormones of the menstrual cycle, these sores thicken and bleed each month, inflaming and scarring the surrounding tissue.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

I inspected Anatole’s special kind of face scarring instead.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver