scarred
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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
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
Nontheless, scarred by the devastation of the 2025 Palisades fire, 2024 Franklin fire and 2018 Woolsey fire, Malibuites take fire safety seriously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
How unnerving that its creation scarred its creator.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
It didn’t matter how many hours he spent with the hood up and his hands scarred up and blackened with oil.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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Vocabulary lists containing scarred
Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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