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This is a more aggressive form of the condition in which scar tissue builds up, causing parts of the intestine to narrow.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

"You're thrown so into the deep end and there's no sort of, 'Oh, this is how your scar should look. This is quite normal for this sort of time'."

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

She bore a large scar on her face when she met with AFP at her home in Bethlehem, holding a stuffed fox that had belonged to her son.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

GDF15 also appeared to slow the progression of liver fibrosis, the accumulation of scar tissue that occurs as liver disease becomes more advanced.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

The little scar on his mouth twitched like it always did when he had bad news to share.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The paranoid body fought itself while seeking out danger, leaving lasting scars in the process.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Even now, with fighting centered away from Khartoum, the scars persist: Almost no structure, be it the multistory gold souq, the national cinema or the four museums in the capital, stands unscathed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

"The case has torn his scars open again. He is a broken man," his lawyers are quoted as saying by AFP.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Walking through the savanna-woodland landscape of Boé National Park, Guinea-Bissau, you might encounter a tree covered in gnarled scars, with an accumulation of rocks surrounding its base.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

But what could have caused an injury like that, with three long, parallel scars?

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Nina Snow, the novel’s heroine and conscience, is scarred by the Bosnian wars of the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Now, standing above the scarred banks of the river in Nuwakot district more than a week after the disaster, Dawadi described himself simply as "a principal without a school".

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

And it is true that what last month was just bushland and rough grazing ground near the village is now scarred by pits, mounds of earth and makeshift mining camps.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Even before ensnaring Ruffo, the ever-expanding huachicol fiscal scandal had already scarred the Mexican navy, long one of the nation’s most trusted institutions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

But now you know why Ali Shekari was scarred on over half of his body.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

This can lead to more serious health issues including scarring and narrowing of the esophagus, or even tearing in the esophagus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Flash flooding in Arizona recently swept through the Grand Canyon, killing at least two people, a weather event that was exacerbated by wildfire scarring, drought and warming temperatures in the Pacific Ocean.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

When coal dust is repeatedly inhaled over time, it causes scarring in the lungs that makes it difficult to breathe.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

"She's now on antibiotics, she's had water infections, she has got scarring on her kidneys because of this," Kayley says.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

It was cramped inside, the air a stale haze, the char of many fires scarring the dirt center.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer