blister
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Nerve damage means a blister or pebble in the shoe can go unnoticed until it creates a serious wound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
I’d let them blister and slump just slightly at the edges.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
Djokovic says he largely feels fine physically, with a blister on his foot his biggest concern.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
Radar data from inside the ice shows what appears to be a blister beneath the surface, pushing the glacier upward at that location.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
They are better than they were, though, she decided as she picked at a broken blister.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The result can be swelling, bruising, bleeding, blisters and discoloration of the skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
But there are no tales of lost toenails or infected blisters for her.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
In his memoir, “A Life on the Edge,” Whittaker recalled feeling euphoria as a 16-year-old at the top of Mount Olympus in Washington state, 7,965-feet high, despite blisters on his heels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
If blisters are the cost of doing business, so be it.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2026
The 22-pound bergen backpack that he had been forced to wear cut into his shoulders and had rubbed blisters into his back.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
Among this year’s participants was WSJ’s achy, blistered Xavier Martinez.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
The customer sits in the chair for the entire day, and when it’s over, Miriam’s fingers are so blistered that the others rush to get her an Epsom salt soak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
"I looked like a plucked turkey because my skin had blistered so much," Chris says.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
As I phrased it back when I first wrote about the dish, “The cheeses meld together to form the most delicious, frico-laced roasted and blistered fennel imaginable.”
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025
And even with the sleeve pulled down, she could not conceal the burned and blistered part of her hand.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
After an abnormally warm winter and a blistering March heat wave, California has seen a surge in mosquito activity that has driven West Nile virus activity to a five-year high.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Thompson ran the 40 in a blistering 4.26 seconds, tying him for the fastest at the 2026 combine and the third-fastest time by a wide receiver at the combine since 2003.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
He boasts a fastball that sits at 98 mph and often reaches triple digits, blistering speeds that would have been unimaginable a decade ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
These generational superstars have long stirred heated debate, from curious kids with jumpers for goalposts to social media cultists armed with memes and virtual binders of blistering stats.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The touch comforted her, helped to subdue the nausea and the blistering headache.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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