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injure

[in-jer] / ˈɪn dʒər /


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She recommends leaving your oven door open after using it to help warm your kitchen, though this isn't advised if you have small children who could injure themselves.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Having more stem cells means that when you injure the small intestine, it can repair itself better, but the downside is that having more active stem cells can lead to tumor formation," Yilmaz says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Another factor is the proliferation of larger vehicles — a phenomenon known as “autobesity” — which have bigger blind spots and are more likely to seriously injure a pedestrian or bicyclist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

He counsels them not to be afraid, even after early clandestine operations injure first the narrator, then Gavriel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

It’s not like the opossum can injure me more than I already am.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

In implementing the law, the government further defined "harm" to include "significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding or sheltering."

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

The charity encourages any driver who injures a cat to take the animal to a vet for emergency treatment.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

The novel begins at the end, in the aftermath of a skydiving accident that gravely injures the father.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2025

Sepsis arises when the body has an extreme response to an infection and injures its own tissues and organs.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024

“I wouldn’t recommend getting struck. Lightning kills an average of 47 people in America every year and severely injures hundreds, maybe thousands.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

McVay has not said whether Garrett will be activated from injured reserve and play for the first time since undergoing knee surgery after the season opener.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Jurors have heard from another injured passenger, Raza Aslam, that Zitouni "was rushing backwards and forwards like a busy beaver trying to get different things" including trolleys and pans to defend the passengers.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The other four boys, who were all injured, have since been discharged.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

A Brooklyn house fire killed six people and injured seven others, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Sergeant Robinson, ignoring his own wounds, lifted the injured Seward from the floor and laid him tenderly in his bed.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Strus also will be out for a while after injuring his right foot during training camp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Saudi authorities said Sunday that a hostile projectile struck the southern city of Najran, injuring six.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

A friend in her 80s slipped on the stairs to her flooded basement and fell, breaking two posterior ribs and injuring her shoulder.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Rybakina was unable to walk for several days after injuring her ankle in the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals, putting her chances of competing here in serious jeopardy.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

"I don't know who did. I'm sorry for injuring him at all—but I had to save my own life. I wish I'd had more time to think it through."

From "Legend" by Marie Lu


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