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Recent Examples of bruise
Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
In the post, Giuffre shared a photo of herself lying in a hospital bed with her face covered in bruises.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Many teams leave St James’ Park licking their wounds after a bruising defeat, but this result once again raises a powerful question: where does a football team go when their best efforts very often aren’t good enough?
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Noun
One carrot has only minor cuts and bruises, but the other undergoes emergency surgery.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
In the post, Giuffre shared a photo of herself lying in a hospital bed with her face covered in bruises.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
Early in 2008, when Clinton briefly welled up in a coffee shop after a bruising loss in the Iowa caucus, the moment was interpreted as being a melodramatic scandal fit for TMZ and a cynical ploy for attention that eventually won her New Hampshire.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Many teams leave St James’ Park licking their wounds after a bruising defeat, but this result once again raises a powerful question: where does a football team go when their best efforts very often aren’t good enough?
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruise
Noun
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Meanwhile, launching a business from scratch is riskier but results in the potential for innovation and long-term scalability.—
Raheel Sheikh,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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True to their TikTok reputation, every element—including the brioche buns—is made from scratch.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Cover and help protect minor wounds, cuts, scrapes and burns with BAND-AID Brand Flexible Fabric Adhesive Bandages featuring details from artworks by Katsushika Hokusai in The Met collection.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Without guardrails, these systems scrape, remix, and reproduce sacred imagery, ceremonial language, and ancestral designs — usually without consent or context.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Madrid, whose calendar is now rather less full, have wounded egos to repair.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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In 2013, three people were killed and hundreds were wounded during the Boston Marathon bombings, when two men detonated homemade bombs at the race's finish line.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, Lucas Erceg is limited due to a left foot contusion.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2025
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And while Tyler Herro is on the injury report with a tight contusion, he is listed as probable.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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It’s made with three layers, including an inner tube that’s drinking water safe, a middle layer that adds strength, and an outermost layer that’s UV, mold, and abrasion resistant.—
Carly Totten,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Feb. 2025
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One person is believed to have suffered a leg fracture and at least a dozen people were treated on-scene for minor abrasions.—
Alexandra Koch,
Fox News,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Akhmad, another plaintiff who like many Indonesians uses one name, said he was forced to continue working after a load of fish fell on his leg, gashing it through to the bone and filling his boot with blood.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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Akhmad alleged that the captain also forced him to keep working after his leg was gashed to the bone.—
Alex Riggins,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There are several ways to potentially explain that smaller bump (a third star, a very large planet in a very close orbit), but most of them are highly improbable.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
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Measles Explained Measles is a viral disease known for often causing a rash—made up of large, flat spots and raised bumps—that starts on the face and neck and spreads down the body.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Rolling the pastry around the carrots and sealing the ends creates the traditional Wellington shape; decorative slits in the dough add visual interest and allow steam to escape while the log cooks.—
Kendra Vaculin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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Then, fearing he'd be blamed, Tripp stole a knife from the office of pastry chef Didier Gotthard (Bronson Pinchot) and used it to slit A.B.'s wrists in order to make his death look more like a suicide.—
Megan McCluskey,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Bruise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruise. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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