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heal

[heel] / hil /


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Will Harry's return heal deep-rooted rift with William?

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

How the winning and losing candidates—and those candidates’ supporters—treat each other over the next few months will help determine whether those divides heal in time for November.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

She also reportedly requested the case documents to be sealed to allow the family to “privately heal and move forward from this unfortunate incident.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

They implanted the keratin membranes into rats with skull defects that were large enough that they would not normally heal on their own.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

As I swayed, I imagined that music could actually heal.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Holloway, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, said: "I wanted to just move on, however my lovely mum suggested that I don't delete my stuff just yet because you never know how time heals you."

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

“And you have to give space for it because you can’t make it go away. ... They always say time heals, but time makes everything just a little less intense.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 18, 2026

Tyndale introduced the English people to a God who eats with sinners, heals the sick and comforts the grief-stricken: a loving God on a mission to rescue mankind.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

But time heals all boring Main Events and fans were not ready to see Cena go out with a whimper in his final match.

From Salon Dec. 14, 2025

“I just hope the eye heals all right.”

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

"If those wounds are not healed it can have a really detrimental impact, not only on the people concerned but also on the reputation of the institution."

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

But some of those divides are more easily healed than others.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Most of the marked bones showed no signs that the surrounding tissue had healed.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Experts believe the injuries were not recent, as the wounds had already healed.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

When he had set it up in Athens he would at last be healed and at peace.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Hilton’s family said in the statement that healing for his children and niece was their highest priority.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Yet, within Ghana itself, the conversation around African complicity is far more nuanced, and for some traditional leaders, acknowledging the past is a vital prerequisite part of healing.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

A video from 2015 shows how, in Ojibwe tradition, dancers provide healing through the rhythmic music created, with every step they take, by the numerous cone-shaped bells that adorn their jingle-dresses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

This short and rapid burst suggests that CRH has an important function during the earliest stages of the healing response.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

When finally, full of worms, she collapsed in the ravine beside our house, we reevaluated our mother's healing powers.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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