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verb

past tense of injure
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Recent Examples of injured
Verb
Mayor Adams is planning to travel to the Dominican Republic early next week to mourn the tragic Santo Domingo nightclub roof collapse that killed 221 people and left over 150 injured. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025 Everyone onboard the Cessna 310 aircraft were killed in the fiery crash in Boca Raton, while a fourth person on the ground — who was driving at the time — was left injured, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025 Their father was also injured and was taken to a hospital for treatment, but he is expected to recover, police said. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025 He’s currently injured, but when in the lineup, the 6-foot-4, 203-pound forward is the type of player the Blues love — straight lines, finishes checks, sells out every shift and a nose for the net. Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 The passengers went to a hospital, but nobody was seriously injured. Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 The 23-year-old breakout star got injured last week against the Penguins and is considered week to week. Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025 Wood, Forest’s 18 goal top-scorer, was injured on international duty with New Zealand. Paul Taylor, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025 But what if one or even two of them get injured? Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injured
Verb
  • The decision was not marred by procedural unfairness.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Lennon's notoriously troubled upbringing was marred by paternal abandonment, frequent moves, and the sudden death of those closest to him, including his estranged mother Julia.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Will Elio then, despite the thrills he’s enjoyed in space, come to a better understanding of the real if imperfect love that Olga has been offering him from Earth all along?
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
  • Many Americans saw the base redesignations as the camel’s nose under the tent in the left’s goal to throw down Washington, Jefferson, and everything else that is great, and yet imperfect, in our American past.
    The Editors, National Review, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • This would hurt even the most polished comedy or the most clockwork heist movie, let alone one that hopes to be both.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 26 June 2025
  • The statement, signed by groups including the Law Society of Kenya, Police Reforms Working Group and the Kenya Medical Association, said 83 of those hurt had serious injuries and at least eight protesters were treated for gunshot wounds.
    Larry Madowo, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • For example, in the past a student would have to be failing classes to be considered impaired.
    Alison Escalante, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • However, the study did find that in women who were not cognitively impaired, elevated stress levels or persistently high cortisol in midlife—especially after menopause—may be a silent risk factor, Salardini says.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
  • But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The second time around, Read's lawyers argued that the police investigation was so flawed and biased that prosecutors couldn't even prove Read had hit O'Keefe with her car.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 18 June 2025
  • Missing key information leads to flawed decisions and signals that your perspective matters more than others'.
    Anna Barnhill, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Several broken waste bins were not fixed in a timely manner.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • The problem is worsened by the broken and outmoded state of the Oscars’ Best International Feature category, which lets foreign governments handpick their own submissions and launder their public images.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 June 2025

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“Injured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injured. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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