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Recent Examples of bruised
Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 July 2025
At Anna Sui’s show a year later, Bella Hadid strutted down the runway in a spiky fuchsia mullet, while Kaia Gerber had a bruised blueish one to match.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
Lizzy yells at him for acting out because of his bruised ego.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 July 2025
The Dodgers’ lineup was shorthanded, missing Teoscar Hernández with a bruised foot and Tommy Edman with a pinky toe fracture (both are expected back in the lineup by Wednesday).
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
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Adjective
Maybe a healthier option than Hernández, who is not 100 percent and dealing with a bruised left foot on top of it, makes that catch and saves those runs.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 July 2025
At Anna Sui’s show a year later, Bella Hadid strutted down the runway in a spiky fuchsia mullet, while Kaia Gerber had a bruised blueish one to match.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
Lizzy yells at him for acting out because of his bruised ego.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 July 2025
The Dodgers’ lineup was shorthanded, missing Teoscar Hernández with a bruised foot and Tommy Edman with a pinky toe fracture (both are expected back in the lineup by Wednesday).
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruised
Adjective
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Until the world contains only liberal democracies, Washington can hardly avoid seeking blemished friends.—
Hal Brands,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Feb. 2024
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Throop returned to his hometown in 1990 to take stock of its blemished environment.—
Steve Marble,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Dec. 2022
Verb
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Cruz had stabbed himself in the chest and was trying to slit his own wrists when police arrived at the scene and took him to a local hospital.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
25 July 2025
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When Ogle was arrested in his wife's brutal killing hours after being treated for slitting his left wrist, many former students were struck by the violent reality.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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There is a broken down vehicle on I-40/US-71 from Longview Road to Red Bridge Road.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 Aug. 2025
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The video, shot in New York, was directed by Amber Grace Johnson and shot on 35mm film, depicting Roan making her way through the city in cartoonishly long wigs and loathing about a broken heart on the subway.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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So much so that movement speeds of loads (up or down) were slashed by 85% compared to common-or-garden backpacks.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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And what might that mean if people eat the tainted crop?—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
15 May 2025
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If access control slips, an engineer gets a tainted result, risking a leak.—
Suman Sharma,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Verb
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Throughout the nineteen-sixties, the Chairman hacked away at the bureaucracy, focussing especially on ministries dealing with culture, education, and public health.—
Charlie Tyson,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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Making matters worse, the Polish Space Agency reported it was hacked on March 2.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Bruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruised. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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