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Recent Examples of bruise
Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Key Takeaways The healing time for a bruise can vary depending on how and where the bruise happened, your overall health, and other individual factors.
—Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
The injuries range from bumps and bruises to broken bones.
—IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Butler sustained numerous bruises and other injuries performing action sequences for the film.
—EW.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Fans also showed screenshots where her limbs appeared to have bruises, scratches, or small wounds.
—Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Key Takeaways The healing time for a bruise can vary depending on how and where the bruise happened, your overall health, and other individual factors.
—Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
The injuries range from bumps and bruises to broken bones.
—IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Butler sustained numerous bruises and other injuries performing action sequences for the film.
—EW.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruise
Noun
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Note that abrasive brushes or sponges will leave small scratches on the surface, but, unlike with a nonstick pan, the scratches won’t damage the pan’s long-term efficacy.—
Emily Johnson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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This gap between theory and practice often means that business leaders are at a loss for essentials, like how to build a marketing team from scratch, how to connect marketing with sales or how to create a system that delivers consistent results rather than ad-hoc campaigns.—
Christine Pilkington,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The autopsy found small scrapes on Adair’s skin and hemorrhages, or bruises, on his back and shoulders.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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During law enforcement’s struggle with Reid, the FBI agent she was charged with assaulting was left with a scrape on her hand.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That same day, a student opened fire at a Colorado high school, critically wounding two peers.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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In the past two years, more than 10% of the population has been killed or wounded - including tens of thousands of children - and that number only continues to rise.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wideout Sean Brown suffered a contusion during his catch and run in Saturday night’s loss and is expected to be OK, but didn’t practice on Tuesday, according to Albin.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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First baseman Nolan Schanuel (wrist contusion) said hitting flips went well, so he’s now scheduled to head to Arizona for the weekend to ramp up his activity.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Plus, it’s made of an abrasion-resistant blend of recycled nylon and elastane.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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Tyson, who suffered an arm abrasion in the incident, will be booked once he is released from the hospital, Sanders said.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Dolphins were gashed by Daniel Jones and the Colts in Week 1.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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Heupel spreads out his receivers in an attempt to spread out the defense, then gashes them with the run.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Alphabet stock experienced a significant bump in early September after a ruling from a judge in an antitrust case.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Lyra took an insane bump after Roxanne Perez pulled her legs out from under her on the top rope.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The color was applied to the top of the nail as a French tip with an empty line slit through the middle.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Sep. 2025
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The ensembles are not athleisure or business casual looks; these are stunts — all leather suits, Louis Vuitton T-shirts and dresses slit up the thighs.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Bruise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruise. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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