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Recent Examples of bruise
Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Key Takeaways The healing time for a bruise can vary depending on how and where the bruise happened, your overall health, and other individual factors.
—Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
The injuries range from bumps and bruises to broken bones.
—IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Butler sustained numerous bruises and other injuries performing action sequences for the film.
—EW.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Fans also showed screenshots where her limbs appeared to have bruises, scratches, or small wounds.
—Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Key Takeaways The healing time for a bruise can vary depending on how and where the bruise happened, your overall health, and other individual factors.
—Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
The injuries range from bumps and bruises to broken bones.
—IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Butler sustained numerous bruises and other injuries performing action sequences for the film.
—EW.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruise
Noun
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Avoid stacking pans without protection to prevent scratches and chips.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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People are now created from scratch.—
Rohan Pinto,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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During law enforcement’s struggle with Reid, the FBI agent she was charged with assaulting was left with a scrape on her hand.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Health and sleep insights feel genuinely useful when planning recovery, and the titanium build shrugs off scrapes.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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A student who authorities say opened fire at his Colorado high school, wounding two classmates and then turning the gun on himself, has died, according to the local sheriff's office.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Police say Reed then opened fire in the parking lot, killing Jones, wounding a 23-year-old Dallas man and also shooting at off-duty officers who were working at the business.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Twins had nothing official to say before the game about the health of Ryan Jeffers, who sustained a head contusion Thursday after getting hit on the head (via his catcher’s gear) twice on foul tips.—
David Brown,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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First baseman Nolan Schanuel, who is out with a left wrist contusion, was set to try take some batting practice against a coach on Friday.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
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Tyson, who suffered an arm abrasion in the incident, will be booked once he is released from the hospital, Sanders said.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Sep. 2025
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Coconut oil may help address common skin issues like dry skin, eczema, and minor cuts and abrasions.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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More Michael Owens/Getty Images Buffalo's defense, which had been getting gashed all night long, stepped up in a major way.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Buffs bit on a zone-read fake on Delaware’s first drive as tailback Jo Silver opened the game by gashing CU for a 10-yard gain.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Only the iPhone 17 Pro got a price bump of $100.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Access to Even House starts at $180 a month for social membership, bumps to $250 with daily simulator time, and tops out at $450 with lessons, priority booking, and perks like a free drink on each visit.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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That's when the state is planning to put Ralph Menzies to death for the murder of 25-year-old Maurine Hunsaker, a married mother of three who was found tied to a tree with her throat slit nearly 40 years ago.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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When Rochelle Luna, 18, arrived at the house hours later, Djerf bound, gagged and raped her before stabbing her and slitting her throat, the brief said.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Bruise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruise. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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