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Recent Examples of bruise
Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Instead, bruising inside Aria’s cheeks and cuts in her mouth consistent with being smothered to death were discovered, said Dr. Tran.
—Miami Herald, 7 July 2025
Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
Marte is already on the IL with a bone bruise in his right knee, the same one that required an injection in spring training.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Noun
She was hospitalized with severe injuries, including bruising, bite marks and a fractured rib, according to documents.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Instead, bruising inside Aria’s cheeks and cuts in her mouth consistent with being smothered to death were discovered, said Dr. Tran.
—Miami Herald, 7 July 2025
Verb
Despite having his knee bent awkwardly, gruesomely inward, Muncy escaped with only a bone bruise.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
Marte is already on the IL with a bone bruise in his right knee, the same one that required an injection in spring training.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruise
Noun
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Instead of developing its own native system from scratch, Renault uses a Google operating system.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Writing your own code (from scratch, at least,) has become quaint.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
15 July 2025
Noun
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One person suffered a broken ankle while seven others were transported to a hospital with cuts and scrapes.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
18 July 2025
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One person suffered a broken ankle, seven people were transported to the hospital with cuts and scrapes, and one person declined transport.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Israel launched new airstrikes on Damascus on Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens of others.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
22 July 2025
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The attack killed two people and wounded 15, including a 12-year-old, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
Noun
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The Mets‘ first baseman was out of the lineup for the series finale against the Cincinnati Reds with a right hand contusion, eventually coming into the game off the bench.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
20 July 2025
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After being hit by a pitch on Wednesday night at Target Field and leaving the game with a left hand contusion, star center fielder Byron Buxton was not in the starting lineup for the Twins on Thursday afternoon.—
Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Strong as a Board Courtesy of Dyneema Thanks to that outer layer of Dyneema, the new Woven Composite has 10 times the abrasion resistance and five times the tear resistance of the older fabric.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
16 July 2025
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Additionally, Ozcan noted how graphene provides high abrasion resistance and thermal regulation.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Another alleged he was ordered to keep working after a load of fish landed on him, gashing his leg to the bone and overflowing his boot with blood.—
Alex Riggins,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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That’s when Brandon Nimmo woke up to head for the hotel bathroom in the middle of the night, somehow fainted, gashed his forehead and wound up arriving at the park later with a bandage on his head and a hospital bracelet around his hand.—
Jayson Stark,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The bump pushed Netflix’s share of all TV use up to 8.3 percent, versus 7.5 percent in May.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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In June, food prices rose 0.3%, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics—about the same as April, and slightly faster than May’s 0.1% bump.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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
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“Bruise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruise. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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