laceration
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Indiana resident Perry Tole suffered a laceration on his left cheek during an incident that occurred late Friday night and into early Saturday in an alley outside a downtown Indianapolis hotel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Per the CPSC, “small metal pieces can detach from the garlic press, posing a laceration or ingestion hazard to consumers.”
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2025
Court coordinator Andy Flack said Ms Hempstead was taken to Southend Hospital for treatment after being found by police with a "laceration to her upper limb" on 29 July.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024
He also revealed his views on the need for safer clothing were only strengthened when he suffered his own laceration injury.
From BBC ● May 14, 2024
“The worst laceration was on your upper lip,” Armand said.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
Two officers were treated for lacerations, according to city officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
A fall on Thursday left the racer with a broken nose, lacerations on his cheek and a badly bruised left eye, as well as a sore leg.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
Surf Life Saving NSW said the man had suffered lacerations to the thigh.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
Of the 59 injuries Zagelbaum chronicled, 30 were abrasions or lacerations to the eyelid, 17 contusions to the eyelid or periorbital region, seven were corneal abrasions, three were orbital fractures and two were unspecified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
He stepped on his switch and said, “There are two lacerations of the myocardium; a one-point-five-centimeter laceration in the right ventricle and a one-point-eight-centimeter laceration penetrating the left ventricle.”
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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