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blister

[blis-ter] / ˈblɪs tər /


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Ohtani has been pitching through a blister on the middle finger of his right hand.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

I’d let them blister and slump just slightly at the edges.

From Salon Feb. 18, 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

The plant produces blister copper, which contains almost entirely copper with 3% of other precious metals.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 6, 2025

Even through the blister, Annabeth could feel the heat radiating from his body.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The balls of both feet and the ends of both pointer toes had been mashed into misshapen blisters.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

Generally, people with the infection have painful lumps, blisters of swollen skin - but he had no obvious signs, with what looked like burns appearing on his foot only after it had taken hold.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2026

Foot-and-mouth causes fever and blisters near the hoof and in the mouth that prevent animals from feeding, as seen in the emaciated survivors.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful rash with blisters that develops when the virus that causes chickenpox, varicella zoster, becomes active again later in life.

From Science Daily Feb. 26, 2026

The salesman noticed the tiny blisters on Mr. Trepid’s face and neck.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

I liked the sausage and kale and look forward to making her blistered Jimmy Nardello pepper pizzas this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

The gold-plated figure she’d won for “Fantastic Beasts” was warped and blackened by heat, its surface blistered and twisted like something pulled from a furnace.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2026

Learning a musical instrument can be an arduous journey, one often fraught with blistered fingers, frayed patience and what can seem like an endless series of insurmountable hurdles.

From BBC Nov. 14, 2025

A handful of sun-dried tomatoes, blended with roasted cherry tomatoes — their skins blistered in a sizzling layer of golden olive oil — lends this version the concentrated flavor of August, even now in mid-March.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2025

His lips were too ruined, too swollen, and his tongue too blistered for him to be given fluid by mouth.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

As research firm GlobalData TS Lombard wrote in a note to clients last week, a slowing economy, combined with “the blistering rally in crack spreads,” means equities could stall in the near term.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

The blistering heat also has hindered efforts to fight massive wildfires raging in Colorado and Utah.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

Now, on the heels of a blistering speech at the annual Davos gathering, his arguments were gaining ground.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

The jet will fly over the National Mall alongside the Defense Department’s most impressive equipment on Saturday, before the president delivers a speech in what is forecast to be a blistering heat wave.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

She endured harsh nineteenth-century medical treatments like bloodletting and blistering.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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