scarred

On a scarred football pitch, Zaher drags himself across the dirt on his knees, determined to play the game he loves most.

“The hedges are still there, but the hedges are burned. The eucalyptus tree is there, but it’s all scarred. But then down below you can still see the ocean and the surf coming in.”

The actor’s face is scarred with blood, hinting at a backstory I don’t have time — or perhaps the inclination — to explore.

“I too am frustrated by what I feel are areas of incompleteness,” said Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, whose district was scarred by the Palisades fire.

It doesn't help that she's been scarred by her past experiences with a record label that, for almost a decade, pushed her into making generic dance records while refusing to release her debut album.