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injure

[in-jer] / ˈɪn dʒər /


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The outage, which involved a transformer on the electricity grid, was related to extreme temperatures and did not injure anyone, the prefecture in the coastal department of Finistere said in a statement.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

High or varying blood glucose levels can injure vessels in the brain, reducing blood flow and oxygen delivery.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

Federal prosecutors said while many people were peacefully demonstrating against immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles County last summer, some people sought to use violence to obstruct, impede or injure officers conducting the enforcement operations.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

The species is the only venomous snake native to the UK and is protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, meaning it is an offence to kill, harm, injure, sell or trade them.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

Jody looked quickly into the old man’s face to see whether his feelings should be hurt, but there was no will to injure, no punishing nor putting-in-your-place light in the keen blue eyes.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

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

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2025

More recently, Peacock has been affected by injures and issues with his technique, and finished fifth in last year's World Championships.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2024

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

In so doing he injures only those whose fields and houses have been taken away and given to the new inhabitants, who are only a small part of that dominion.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

In addition to the fatalities, four people were injured in the crash.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Svetlana Grković said her 61-year-old husband is "seriously injured and in shock".

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Claudie Paddick was walking her dogs along the River Itchen, a pristine chalk stream about 70 miles southwest of London, when she spotted what looked like an injured deer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Ten men suffered injuries Tuesday during the eighth and final bull run of Spain's famed San Fermin festival, bringing to 57 the total number of daredevils injured during this year's fiesta.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Major Rathbone, standing between Leale and Lincoln, asked the doctor to treat him first, holding up his injured left arm to show his wounds.

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

The June 24 disaster—which devastated this coastal region, killing at least 4,118 and injuring some 17,000, with 30,000 still missing—exposed the deep failures of the country’s public-health system.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

And in 1989, thousands had to flee when poisonous chlorine gas leaked from a 30-ton tank in Ventura County, injuring about 20 people.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

Burnley right-back Roberts has been absent since injuring himself during Wales' World Cup qualifying defeat by Belgium in June 2025.

From BBC May 26, 2026

Prosecutors alleged their actions during a September protest outside the suburban Broadview detention center amounted to impeding or injuring an officer.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

The publicity was characterized as further injuring Ronda Morrison’s parents.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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