scar
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The sharp pain of the wound may heal, but the scar remains—and we must all find a way that the broken heart can both feel the truth of its brokenness and emerge enlarged and reshaped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"A deep scar" is how he explained his mental state.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Heavy rain triggered a mudslide in an Inland Empire burn scar on Thursday, according to forecasters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Nikita is mostly happy with her results, aside from a small scar, but she wants other people to learn from her experiences and fully understand the risks.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Despite the hot, angry tears that blur my vision, the truth I’ve been avoiding for so long cuts deep, leaving a scar so I’ll never forget.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Farmer Chandala Sadamma told AFP that when she sees the red-earth scars where her plot of mango and cashew trees once stood, "I feel like crying".
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Researchers had previously used EMR to reshape cartilage-rich rabbit ears and to modify scars and skin in pigs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
The scars lasted for decades, especially for the families of those killed, or those who were there and survived.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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
She watched as he rotated his wrists to look at his palms and then the backs of his hands, a few nicked scars marking his knuckles.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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"The policing family is deeply scarred by this incident," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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
Then, because the pills cost tens of thousands of dollars and could bankrupt budgets, state after state decided you couldn’t have the cure until your liver had scarred badly enough to prove you needed it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
How unnerving that its creation scarred its creator.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
The skin was shiny and scarred, and he had little feeling in the fingers, but Meggot's salve had taken most of the pain and sped the healing process immeasurably.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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After doing so, they observed reductions in fat accumulation, inflammation and scarring.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
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
We have shown photographs of Pam's scarring to Liz O'Riordan, a former breast cancer surgeon.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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
“It’s just trying to be friendly. Look, it’s the same one that jumped over us. It has some kind of scarring on its back.”
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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