scar
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"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
Economists warn the issue risks leaving a permanent scar on the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Rather than rebuilding healthy muscle, the damaged areas accumulated fat and scar tissue.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
“Remember us, Roz?” said the huge male with the scar.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
The paranoid body fought itself while seeking out danger, leaving lasting scars in the process.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The British Heart Foundation explains, external a cardiac arrhythmia ablation involves using heat or cold energy to create tiny scars in the heart to block faulty signals and restore a typical heartbeat.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Sunday afternoon for west central Los Angeles County — including for the Franklin and Palisades burn scars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 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
For the first time she noticed the back of his left hand was covered with burn scars.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
"The policing family is deeply scarred by this incident," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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
How unnerving that its creation scarred its creator.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Once the airways are scarred up, there is no going back,” says Lee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Draw from the outside in. Untouched forest first. Then capture the scarred terrain.”
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
Doctors told her time and again that it could not be endometriosis - an incurable condition causing lesions and scarring on internal organs and around the body, external - because she was too young.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 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
According to the outlet, Collins has permanent scarring on his pancreas, and his kidneys “barely” function.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
She moved toward the causeway, her feet scarring the snow for the first time.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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