abrasion

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Alongside the wordplay and in-jokes, and the topping of those jokes, unexpected abrasions pile up.

From New York Times

“If you think about the lace, if you have the lace so that it’s lying out on the shoe, the aglet — the plastic tip of the shoelace — can produce points of abrasion,” she said.

From Washington Post

A former jail guard told the Spotlight her son, jailed on a burglary charge, appeared in court with abrasions on his face.

From Seattle Times

The man was hospitalized in “fair condition for treatment of hypothermia and abrasions to his hands,” according to the LAFD.

From Los Angeles Times

But there’s catharsis and resistance in the industrial abrasion of the sound they create, like a rogue machine created from cobbled-together parts suddenly learning how to talk back.

From New York Times