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Recent Examples of bedsore
There was financial fraud, and residents suffered from bedsores, malnutrition and gross neglect.
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Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
Without adequate staff, basic standards of care, such as assisting residents to avoid falls or turning immobile patients to prevent bedsores, are often neglected.
—Tony Cook, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
There were multiple wounds on the right side of her body, along with protruding bones and bedsores.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2025
Imagine a case where pressure ulcers or bedsores become so severe from understaffing that a resident's bones are exposed.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
Without adequate staff, basic standards of care, such as assisting residents to avoid falls or turning immobile patients to prevent bedsores, are often neglected.
—Tony Cook, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
There were multiple wounds on the right side of her body, along with protruding bones and bedsores.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2025
Imagine a case where pressure ulcers or bedsores become so severe from understaffing that a resident's bones are exposed.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedsore
Noun
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Imagine having the gall to besmirch the name of a young mother killed for trying to speak up for her neighbors or of an ICU nurse shot in the back for trying to tend to a woman who had been pepper-sprayed in the face.—
Sasha Abramsky,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2026
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The documents that Dooley was now handling were barely yellowed, their edges lightly frayed, the oak gall ink ranging from brown to black.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Lab 102 reports that OrganIQ seek can be applied in nebulization systems for bleaches with strong contrast and abrasion effects.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Jan. 2026
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In a modernist era of abrasion and velocity—the now and the next, chasing each other at warp speed—Reilly offered a work of radical non-provocation.—
Brad Shoup,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Bedsore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedsore. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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