as in to blow out
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Karl-Anthony Towns added 24 points and 12 rebounds while playing with a bandage over his right eye after he was bloodied in a head-to-head collision in the first quarter.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
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LaForte hit the man in the face with a bottle, bloodying his nose, and the Gambino duo flipped the table, sending drinks and broken glass flying, according to court filings.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Too-deep application can scar, alter texture, or cause pigment migration, color shifts, and an unnatural look over time.—
Tatiana Dias,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2026
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Crockett and her supporters are prying open fissures that will scar whichever candidate emerges.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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That focus on efficiency included a coldly logical approach to salary-cap management, and an update of the bruising defense that Belichick had pioneered with 49ers old rivals, the 1980s iteration of the New York Giants.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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Profits at the country’s major industrial firms have been battered by the bruising price wars sweeping across several industries last year as sluggish consumer demands left companies grappling with excess capacity.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Contuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contuse. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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