heal
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When he was finally set free two years ago as part of an extraordinary multi-country prisoner swap, it took him almost as long to heal.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
One reason wounds often take longer to heal with age involves the gradual accumulation of cells known as senescent cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Through reading her mother’s diary entries, Tomlinson began to heal from the impossible standards she set for herself to follow in her mother’s footsteps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
It cycled through a range of staticky notes—the frequencies that would heal us.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
In fact, housing was a fundamental and perennial concern, dating back to slavery days, a festering sore which was often decried by community leaders, white and black, but which never seemed to heal.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
“And you have to give space for it because you can’t make it go away. ... They always say time heals, but time makes everything just a little less intense.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
Tyndale introduced the English people to a God who eats with sinners, heals the sick and comforts the grief-stricken: a loving God on a mission to rescue mankind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
"I had 16 weeks completely off bowling, made sure the bone heals well and from there it's ramping up," said Cummins.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025
From there, activists could demand almost whatever they want: action on climate change, an end to mass surveillance and ICE raids, or an equitable health system that heals instead of mangles.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
“He’s gonna have to use his wheelchair for a while until his leg heals again.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
The scientists then created small wounds and monitored how quickly they healed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Among untreated aged mice, only 56% had fully healed by the same point.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
I was told it had healed diabetes sores, infertility, a frozen shoulder, and the common cold.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Considering how people died, many have not completely healed."
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
If your mother can be healed, the monster said, then the yew tree will do it.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
He returned to Vietnam years later on a trip that his daughter, Angelina Bigelow, said was healing for him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"Our continued healing is not dependent on this guilty verdict," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
But I suppose I can’t laud the valuable healing qualities of his music and then wish that fewer people had shown up to get a taste.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
That’s kind of what you’re talking about, bringing people back together, healing divides.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
He spoke so often and so passionately of healing our country’s divisions, appealing to a set of higher ideals he believed were innate in most people.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
