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bandage

[ban-dij] / ˈbæn dɪdʒ /
NOUN
covering for wound
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VERB
cover a wound
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STRONG


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The picture uploaded to Instagram shows Pennant with a bandage on his leg alongside King on a sofa, while he also thanked his partner Mimmi Montgomery for looking after them.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Someone in the crowd applied a bandage to his head and he was quickly taken to an emergency room.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

His right hand shows persistent bruising, often covered with thick makeup and at times a bandage, and his ankles have appeared swollen.

From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026

But any payment is only a bandage for a deeply rigged market.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025

Harrison fiddled with the arm bandage, thick with false blood.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

You can cat-proof them by wrapping them in no-chew, bitter-tasting bandages, which veterinary clinics use to prevent animals from biting them off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

When her bandages are unwrapped, she’s devastated to learn that her face is still symmetrical, with a thin nose, unblemished skin, and full lips.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026

A trip to ancient Egypt, for instance, leads to one of the Minions running out of toilet paper and accidentally unwrapping a nearby mummy’s bandages for the purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

"I told myself, I'm going to sleep," Canonico recalled, up to her elbows in bandages following the ordeal.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Viola’s back down the stairs now, digging thru her bag for bandages.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

Firefighters bandaged him and encouraged the Tuskegee University student to go to a hospital the next town over to receive stitches and medicine.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Eight hours later, he found himself in a hospital in Tine, with his hands burnt and bandaged.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Megan announced the news on Instagram alongside a bandaged heart emoji and said she would step away from the production Friday rather than the originally slated May 17.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Then she slow-motion struts down an L.A. sidewalk in heels, barges into the meeting, props her bloody, bandaged foot on the table, and somehow still closes the deal with the celebrity stylist.

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025

I had to go to the camp infirmary to have the cut bandaged.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

Crimson underwent multiple bandaging and bracing techniques to aid his limb development.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

“There were a lot of people in the background that were kind of bubblegum and bandaging everything together to make sure that there was not a single hiccup,” Goetter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Lifeguards at Bondi have been praised for their courage on the day of the December 14 attack, dragging people to safety, bandaging and resuscitating victims, and pulling panicked swimmers from the waves.

From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025

Yet in scenes she described as "horrific but humanising", prisoners rushed to help injured guards, calming a panicked female officer and bandaging the wounds of a crying interrogator.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025

She only had the bandaging to arrange, and naturally her wants were the earliest to be attended.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White


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