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Recent Examples of bruised
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
Alongside her update, Cline included photos of her bruised and bloodied knees and a collection of medications on her bedside table.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Look for rotten or bruised areas on the fruits or vegetables and remove them before cutting or cooking.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 16 Sep. 2025
Ostlund blocked a shot in the first game of this tournament and had to leave the game with a bruised knee.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
To me, what matters is CEO Lip-Bu Tan has fixed Intel's bruised balance sheet with its recent equity deals.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
Alongside her update, Cline included photos of her bruised and bloodied knees and a collection of medications on her bedside table.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Look for rotten or bruised areas on the fruits or vegetables and remove them before cutting or cooking.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 16 Sep. 2025
Ostlund blocked a shot in the first game of this tournament and had to leave the game with a bruised knee.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruised
Adjective
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With his third team in just three years, Jones remains undefeated as the Niners’ signal-caller in place of an injured Brock Purdy.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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But Danilovic, 19, is not the only injured volleyball player on the Hurricanes whose father also played for the Heat.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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By the end of the fight, at least three students were hurt by Clarke and a mirror on the wall was cracked, punched by a student who lacerated his hand, deputies say.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Prune lightly for shaping and to remove any dead or damaged branches.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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Health problems caused by ozone may include coughing, difficulty breathing, and inflamed and damaged airways, according to the agency.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Ed Gein Story jumps around in time, in part to make connections to the other adaptations and in part because the biographical chronology is so mangled that any distraction is welcome.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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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The problem is, excluding a lopsided Week 2 win over the lowly Browns, the defense is getting gashed.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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They were gashed through the air by an opposing quarterback for whom on-target passes are a career rarity.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 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
Verb
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According to the Gaza Health Ministry, which Hamas oversees, 64,522 Palestinians have been killed in the war and another 163,096 have been wounded.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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Two separate shootings at South Carolina State University left one woman dead, a man wounded and triggered a campus-wide lockdown on Saturday night, according to the school and local authorities.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Bruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruised. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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