blister
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Right-hander Roki Sasaki is working back from a blister on his middle finger and is penciled in to return from the IL next week against the Padres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Choi’s advice was to go the other direction: blister them, puree them, drown them in vinegar or chili, add something sweet, blend them into sauces, make them taste like the foods you already crave.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
His signature victory was a record-setting blister up Alpe d’Huez in which he roared through costumed, enthusiastic revelers on his way to a fifth stage win.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The 37-year-old initially experienced discomfort at last week's Truist Championship at Quail Hollow because of a blister under the toenail.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Pausing a second, Bowker poured a trickle of beer onto his blister and licked at it.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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The nurse wrote that patients were arriving with headaches, rashes and blisters, “we believe, due to the chemicals being used to spray.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The result can be swelling, bruising, bleeding, blisters and discoloration of the skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The balls of both feet and the ends of both pointer toes had been mashed into misshapen blisters.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
In the morning—before my aching knee and bulging blisters relegated my saunter to a limp—a 32-mile walk around Manhattan sounded like a good way to spend the first Saturday in May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
I’ve got blisters and aches and my heart hurts from all I miss and all that’s gone.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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Pike is currently in critical condition on a ventilator, with burned and blistered arms, according to her lawyers.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
The lawyer said medics were "working to save Ms. Pike's life" after she arrived with both arms "swollen, burned, and blistered."
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
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
They blew on her skin, but in spite of their care Nhamo’s feet had blistered and scarred.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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On the one hand, earnings growth has reached a blistering pace typically only seen during the early stages of an economic recovery.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026
The Nasdaq was powered to records by the outlook for blistering AI earnings growth, said J.D.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
After some blistering strokeplay when he took down the home side's attack, they certainly know who he is now.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Punishingly hot temperatures coupled with drastically high humidity will peak Wednesday, making temperatures feel even more intense than previously blistering days, with real relief not expected to arrive until Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Ernest’s response contrasted sharply with that of Compton, who sat for a blistering daylong deposition by the Tribune’s lawyers without wavering for a moment in his defense of Kamen.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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