blister
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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
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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
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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
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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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