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Recent Examples of bruised
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Will the Nuggets leave the oft-bruised Nikola Jokic at home to rest during any of these one-game excursions?
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
The Golden State Valkyries came out of Sunday night’s game against the Atlanta Dream battered, bruised and without a win.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Meidroth returned from the bruised right thumb ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
For other types of bruised or swollen soft tissue, for example, from surgery or trauma, mild exercise further improves circulation.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Will the Nuggets leave the oft-bruised Nikola Jokic at home to rest during any of these one-game excursions?
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
The Golden State Valkyries came out of Sunday night’s game against the Atlanta Dream battered, bruised and without a win.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Meidroth returned from the bruised right thumb ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruised
Adjective
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In the teams’ most recent meeting, Chiefs kicker Matthew Wright, subbing for an injured Butker, doinked a 31-yard field goal off the left upright and through for a 19-17 KC victory.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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In states like California, personal injury laws are in place to ensure that an injured party has legal recourse and a direction for where to go next.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Diseased or damaged branches can be removed anytime.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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Know how to avoid injury from debris, contaminated water, carbon monoxide poisoning, electrocution, and damaged buildings and infrastructure.—
Staff reports,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Rose would cry, somehow even more hurt than me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Senior running back Mo Thenell gashed Severance for multiple big plays, including a 91-yard screen pass from Jamison Seese and a 49-yard scoring run, as the Eagles offensive machine rolled to a decisive season-opening win.—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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He’s inspired by the antics of Angus Oblong, the mastermind of The Oblongs, an Adult Swim show that centered around a disfigured family living in an area plagued by radiation.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
27 Aug. 2025
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Officials in northeastern Kharkiv oblast, or region, reported four fatalities and 14 wounded; in neighboring, central Dnipropetrovsk oblast, four individuals lost their lives, with 10 others injured.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Paramedics who responded to the scene said the area was chaotic and covered in broken glass, with people wounded and lying unconscious on the road and a sidewalk near the bus stop.—
Bradford Betz , Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Its blemished surface hints at its violent origin deep within the Earth's mantle.—
Arkansas State Parks,
Arkansas Online,
19 Aug. 2025
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That’s because pantries like Friendly Hands often receive offers from truck drivers to unload pallets of food, like blemished fruit rejected from grocery stores, but without a loading dock, pantries sometimes have to refuse or are unable to store the items.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Watch as potatoes are washed, sliced, cooked in small batches, and seasoned.—
Tykesha Spivey Burton,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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None of those fighters are HOF material, but the way Lomachenko sliced them up (getting Walters, Rigondeaux, Miguel Marriaga and Jason Sosa to quit in back-to-back-to-back-to-back fights) was so impressive.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Bruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruised. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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