1
as in damages
to cause bodily damage to
injured himself while skiing
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as in mars
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come
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Recent Examples of injures
In her desperation to ask Val for a job on the new sitcom, Sharon falls and injures herself.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Pool drain seriously injures girl Paloma Quatrini was just days away from her fourth birthday when the accident happened at an upscale resort in Mexico.
—Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
When Don injures his hand, Blue (Hunter McVey) is forced to step into the competition for him.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people.
—Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026
California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
In self-defense, Franck's group injures one of the attackers.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
If an animal injures a human or another animal, or has been declared dangerous elsewhere, it can be ordered removed from the city.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Gafford injures ankle The Mavericks are likely to be without one of their major frontcourt pieces this preseason.
—Christian Clark, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Pool drain seriously injures girl Paloma Quatrini was just days away from her fourth birthday when the accident happened at an upscale resort in Mexico.
—Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
When Don injures his hand, Blue (Hunter McVey) is forced to step into the competition for him.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people.
—Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026
California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
In self-defense, Franck's group injures one of the attackers.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
If an animal injures a human or another animal, or has been declared dangerous elsewhere, it can be ordered removed from the city.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Gafford injures ankle The Mavericks are likely to be without one of their major frontcourt pieces this preseason.
—Christian Clark, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injures
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Children are more likely to suffer from HUS, which damages blood vessels, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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This exposure damages the DNA in skin cells and can trigger changes that cause those cells to grow out of control and turn cancerous.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
18 Mar. 2026
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No sadness mars the purity of its paranoia.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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However, an earnestness mars most of the proceedings.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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Chops, gouges, wounds it like the shadow grooves on the sidewalks—the sun is setting earlier.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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Running hurts your knees and your hips, and even tennis causes shoulder problems.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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This action hurts library patrons, not just the librarians.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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The author takes an overnight Amtrak journey instead of a flight to Washington as the government shutdown cripples Atlanta’s airport.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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These pressures could produce a tsunami that fractures the state’s fiscal foundation, self-inflicts a crisis ultimately demanding drastic cuts, and cripples its competitiveness.—
Andrew Rein,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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In the state’s view, that weakens or muddies the legal boundary between the two types of gambling venues.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Justice delayed weakens deterrence.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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Researchers believe the cave’s permanent darkness impairs the spiders’ vision, creating an unlikely truce between predator and prey.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Researchers believe the cave’s poor lighting impairs the spiders’ vision, creating an unlikely truce between the species.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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