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Recent Examples of abrasions
Luckily for Martin, Kinzalow hopped in the driver's seat and slammed on the brakes, and Martin survived despite severe back injuries and abrasions to his extremities.
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Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 6 Mar. 2026
What Peter and his team do is take the negative and take the abrasions out of it and reproduce it at its highest quality.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 Feb. 2026
The teenage girl suffered abrasions and was taken to the same hospital where she was listed in serious condition, police said.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Park visitors with abrasions and contusions were taken to six Anaheim-area hospitals for treatment.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
The technology is also moving into textiles and wearables, where self-repairing fabrics can mend small rips or abrasions, extending product life and reducing waste.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
The girl was taken to Children’s Hospital with injuries to her extremities and abrasions to her head.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
In his report, the medical examiner raised the possibility that Bullock had suffered injuries from the altercation with Chloe and Tomlyn, noting abrasions and lacerations on Bullock’s head along with the skull fractures.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
The medical examiner’s report stated that Lunas Campos had scattered superficial abrasions on his body, hemorrhage in muscles and connective tissues on the neck, and signs of smaller hemorrhaging on the eyelids and skin of the neck.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 6 Mar. 2026
What Peter and his team do is take the negative and take the abrasions out of it and reproduce it at its highest quality.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 Feb. 2026
The teenage girl suffered abrasions and was taken to the same hospital where she was listed in serious condition, police said.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Park visitors with abrasions and contusions were taken to six Anaheim-area hospitals for treatment.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
The technology is also moving into textiles and wearables, where self-repairing fabrics can mend small rips or abrasions, extending product life and reducing waste.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
The girl was taken to Children’s Hospital with injuries to her extremities and abrasions to her head.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
In his report, the medical examiner raised the possibility that Bullock had suffered injuries from the altercation with Chloe and Tomlyn, noting abrasions and lacerations on Bullock’s head along with the skull fractures.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
The medical examiner’s report stated that Lunas Campos had scattered superficial abrasions on his body, hemorrhage in muscles and connective tissues on the neck, and signs of smaller hemorrhaging on the eyelids and skin of the neck.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abrasions
bruises
Noun
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Huge bruises scattered her body.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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Just as often, though, survivors manifest no burns, bruises, or scars.—
Jacob Stern,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Abrasions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abrasions. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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