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Sam Hauser shot 6 for 14, including 4 for 10 from 3-point range, to add 16 points and the Celtics - playing without All-Star Jaylen Brown (right knee contusion) - won their fourth in a row and for the ninth time in their last 10 games.
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CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Off the rim Brown, who sat out against the Suns with a right knee contusion, was removed from the Celtics’ injury report and cleared to play Wednesday against the Denver Nuggets on the second night of a back-to-back.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
In the game before the All-Star break against the Detroit Pistons, he got hit in the chest, suffering what the team called a rib contusion.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Park visitors with abrasions and contusions were taken to six Anaheim-area hospitals for treatment.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
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CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Off the rim Brown, who sat out against the Suns with a right knee contusion, was removed from the Celtics’ injury report and cleared to play Wednesday against the Denver Nuggets on the second night of a back-to-back.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
In the game before the All-Star break against the Detroit Pistons, he got hit in the chest, suffering what the team called a rib contusion.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Park visitors with abrasions and contusions were taken to six Anaheim-area hospitals for treatment.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contusion
bruise
Noun
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Another mother, Janice Degonda, told the court that her then 5-month-old daughter came home with bruises to her leg, groin and elsewhere in July 2024.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
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Burns did not sustain any serious injuries and was able to walk away from the scene with just bruises, the accident report says.—
GMA Team,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Contusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contusion. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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