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Recent Examples of bruise
Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 30 July 2025
The first half of 2025, furthermore, has been bruising.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2025
Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 31 July 2025
His joints are mending, his bruises fading, and the swelling and the pain are all receding.
—Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
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Noun
The looming special session is likely to be bruising, given the depth of the budget hole facing lawmakers and the interplay of a legislature controlled by Democrats responding to a tax-cutting bill passed by the Republican Congress.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 30 July 2025
The first half of 2025, furthermore, has been bruising.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2025
Verb
The couple frequently left the set with bruises and welts stamped across their skin.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 31 July 2025
His joints are mending, his bruises fading, and the swelling and the pain are all receding.
—Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruise
Noun
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But building a domestic supply chain from scratch isn’t easy.—
Merritt Enright,
CNBC,
8 Aug. 2025
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The start-up, which is today announcing a $70 million Series B funding round, has built a new accounting software package from scratch, utilising AI tools to work through an organisation’s financial data.—
David Prosser,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Keep any injuries, cuts, or scrapes clean and disinfected.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
10 Aug. 2025
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The Florida Department of Health warns against entering the water with fresh cuts or scrapes and advises immunocompromised individuals to wear protective footwear to avoid injuries from rocks and shells on the beach.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The girl was taking her dogs outside when the hog came out of thick brush and attacked her, wounding her leg.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Aug. 2025
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Eight civilians were killed and 33 were wounded in the eastern province of Donetsk.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Her body also showed multiple contusions, according to investigators.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Phillip Reeder had blunt force injuries, specifically abrasions and contusions on his body, as a result of being restrained and following attempts to resuscitate him at St. Vincent’s East Emergency Department, according to Dye.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Also visible in the image is an abrasion patch, a 2-inch (5-centimeter) area of the Martian surface into which Perseverance drilled with its diamond-dust tipped grinder known as the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT), capable of spinning at 3,000 revolutions per minute.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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These issues can include: Corneal abrasions: Contact lenses or foreign objects can scratch or scrape the epithelium, the outer layer of your cornea.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
1 Aug. 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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In a previous article, Newsweek explained that cats show love through behaviors like slow blinking, purring, kneading, head bumps, and following their owners from room to room.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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At the first bump, my palms start to sweat and my calf muscles tighten.—
Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The material is lightweight with short sleeves and slits on each side that provide a great cooling effect when walking.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
20 July 2025
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The blouse features a hint of a collar, soon-to-be-trending frog enclosures, and slits on the sleeves that mimic the trousers.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
9 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Bruise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruise. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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