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bandage

[ban-dij] / ˈbæn dɪdʒ /
NOUN
covering for wound
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VERB
cover a wound
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STRONG


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His grandmother gestured to the bandage across his face.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2026

The caption — complete with a winking emoji blowing a kiss — accompanied a photo of the “St. Denis Medical” star wearing a bandage around her face and neck.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2026

The 34-year-old all-rounder posted a picture on Instagram last week showing his eye heavily swollen and bruised, a graze on his cheek and lip, and a bandage stuffed in his nose.

From Barron's Feb. 11, 2026

But any payment is only a bandage for a deeply rigged market.

From MarketWatch Dec. 23, 2025

"I can save forty-four seconds,” he grumbled, "but I wasted two minutes this morning putting this bandage on my throat.”

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

When her bandages are unwrapped, she’s devastated to learn that her face is still symmetrical, with a thin nose, unblemished skin, and full lips.

From Slate Sep. 2, 2026

I would recommend finding a kit with a wide variety of tools, bandages, and basic medical supplies.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Ostrovsky said other deepfake images appeared to show him in hospital with his bandages removed, or holding an Academy Award trophy, many of which are still online today.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

During Greco-Roman times, Egyptian artists were called upon to inscribe funerary spells on linen mummy bandages.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

Some people liked to walk around the city with bandages across the bridge of their noses, just so people would think they'd gotten surgery.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

But still, when I speak to him afterwards, his heavily bandaged leg throbbing, he is determined.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

Megan announced the news on Instagram alongside a bandaged heart emoji and said she would step away from the production Friday rather than the originally slated May 17.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2026

There was a sizeable police presence in the area and visibly shocked local residents were in the streets, including some with bandaged faces.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

Then she slow-motion struts down an L.A. sidewalk in heels, barges into the meeting, props her bloody, bandaged foot on the table, and somehow still closes the deal with the celebrity stylist.

From Salon Dec. 15, 2025

Dad’s head was bandaged and there was a thick patch over his eye.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Crimson underwent multiple bandaging and bracing techniques to aid his limb development.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

“There were a lot of people in the background that were kind of bubblegum and bandaging everything together to make sure that there was not a single hiccup,” Goetter said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Lifeguards at Bondi have been praised for their courage on the day of the December 14 attack, dragging people to safety, bandaging and resuscitating victims, and pulling panicked swimmers from the waves.

From Barron's Dec. 20, 2025

"The treatment of human wounds was most likely first mentioned in a medical manuscript that dates back to 2200 BC, which included cleaning, plastering, and bandaging of wounds with certain wound care substances," says Schuppli.

From Science Daily May 2, 2024

Buttercup ripped her clothes into patches and ties, and they worked at the wound, caking the blood with mud from the floor of the Fire Swamp, then bandaging and rebandaging over it.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman




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