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Recent Examples of bruise
Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Week 2: Typically, your gums become less swollen, and bruises go away.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 3 May 2025
Sarah Bradley, Health, 11 May 2025
Skin stretches farther, joints bend too far and sometimes dislocate, and internal tissues bruise or tear more easily.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 May 2025
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Noun
Boston continues to fight through bumps and bruises to take care of business, winning Game 4 107-98 over a plucky Magic squad.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Week 2: Typically, your gums become less swollen, and bruises go away.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 3 May 2025
Verb
Physical exam: Your provider will look at the back of your knee, checking for signs of swelling, bruising, redness, or misshapen muscles or ligaments.
—Sarah Bradley, Health, 11 May 2025
Skin stretches farther, joints bend too far and sometimes dislocate, and internal tissues bruise or tear more easily.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruise
Noun
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Most were, like O’Neil, young and ardent admirers of the actor, who at that point was between movies and had a different kind of creative itch to scratch.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
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The one-sheet recipes that arrive with each box, detailing how to make scratch ramen or mushroom Dijon chicken, are far less complicated than the process that got those ingredients to your door.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Since hair follicles contain stem cells that support skin healing, fewer hair follicles could translate into fewer stem cells and a slower mending of scrapes and scratches in humans.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
1 May 2025
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Cover and help protect minor wounds, cuts, scrapes and burns with BAND-AID Brand Flexible Fabric Adhesive Bandages featuring details from artworks by Katsushika Hokusai in The Met collection.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But both wound up attending St. Augustine Catholic Seminary boarding school in Michigan, studying at Villanova University in Philadelphia and earning divinity degrees together at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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After leaving the Sistine Chapel, the cardinals wound their way through the labyrinth of Vatican halls, and Pope Leo XIV was on the balcony.—
Elizabeth Dias,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Steph Curry also suffered a pelvic contusion during the regular season.—
Joseph Dycus,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2025
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Steph Curry also suffered a pelvic contusion late in the regular season.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Medical examiner found Nichols' cause of death was homicide Dr. Marco Ross, the chief medical examiner for the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center, said Nichols had multiple injuries including abrasions and bruises across his body.—
Jack Armstrong,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Material innovations include nylon blends that help denim reduce abrasion and reflective denim for safety.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The final blow for Goodwin came in Clemson’s first-round College Football Playoff loss at Texas when the Longhorns gashed the Tigers for 292 yards rushing, the most a Swinney team has given up since 2014 against Georgia.—
Grace Raynor,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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When the man stepped outside to see what scared the dog, one of three bears a few feet from his back door gashed his face with its massive paw.—
Andrew West,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2018
Noun
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The next edition of Forbes CEO will be published on Monday, June 2. ECONOMIC INDICATORS While President Trump was in the Middle East forging business deals last week—many dealing with technology, AI and defense—the stock market saw a tech bump.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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The creatures stood on four legs, and boasted huge heads adorned with three horns, a distinctive bony frill and a prominent nose bump.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Everyone, even the children, have scars from where the corners of their mouths have been slit up into their cheeks, Joker-style.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
27 Apr. 2025
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There are no marks on the bones directly attributable to a cause of death, Green said, and the Romans typically killed their sacrifices by slitting their throats or through drowning.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Bruise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruise. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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