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After all, Benedict is perfectly fine leaping into a body of water with an unhealed abdominal wound.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
Photograph by Stuart Palley I’m writing on the eve of the anniversary of the fires that flattened my Pacific Palisades neighborhood, all but erased the community of Altadena, and left unhealed scars across Los Angeles.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
At that time in my life, I was deeply unhealed, and as the saying goes, hurt people hurt people.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
In making a film about the past set in the present, Saint-Martin formulates an indictment on his country’s unhealed wounds, which rather than cauterize with time, remain open since the festering corruption and abuse of power that obscured the truth around the students’ deaths, remains in place.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 19 Nov. 2025
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
Photograph by Stuart Palley I’m writing on the eve of the anniversary of the fires that flattened my Pacific Palisades neighborhood, all but erased the community of Altadena, and left unhealed scars across Los Angeles.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
At that time in my life, I was deeply unhealed, and as the saying goes, hurt people hurt people.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
In making a film about the past set in the present, Saint-Martin formulates an indictment on his country’s unhealed wounds, which rather than cauterize with time, remain open since the festering corruption and abuse of power that obscured the truth around the students’ deaths, remains in place.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Unhealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhealed. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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unhealed
adjective
un·healed
ˌən-ˈhēld 
: not healed
unhealed wounds
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