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as in damages
to cause bodily damage to
injured himself while skiing
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as in mars
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come
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Recent Examples of injures
Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way.
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Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Who is responsible when a robot breaks something or injures someone?
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
This storyline later appeared in the second season of Girls, as Dunham’s character Hannah is overwhelmed with the anxiety of writing a novel and similarly injures herself.
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Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
In her desperation to ask Val for a job on the new sitcom, Sharon falls and injures herself.
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Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
Pool drain seriously injures girl Paloma Quatrini was just days away from her fourth birthday when the accident happened at an upscale resort in Mexico.
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Meghan Schiller,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people.
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Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2026
California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone.
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Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
29 Dec. 2025
In self-defense, Franck's group injures one of the attackers.
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Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Nov. 2025
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Who is responsible when a robot breaks something or injures someone?
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
This storyline later appeared in the second season of Girls, as Dunham’s character Hannah is overwhelmed with the anxiety of writing a novel and similarly injures herself.
—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
In her desperation to ask Val for a job on the new sitcom, Sharon falls and injures herself.
—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
Pool drain seriously injures girl Paloma Quatrini was just days away from her fourth birthday when the accident happened at an upscale resort in Mexico.
—
Meghan Schiller,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people.
—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2026
California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone.
—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
29 Dec. 2025
In self-defense, Franck's group injures one of the attackers.
—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injures
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Most notably, those who switched faced a 24% higher risk of developing diabetic retinopathy, a condition that damages the blood vessels in the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.
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Your Eyes High blood pressure also damages the sensitive back lining of the eye called the retina.
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Jacob Whitehead Homophobic chant mars Mexico’s win Before the World Cup, the Mexican football federation launched a campaign that featured the heroes of the country’s 1986 World Cup side.
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No sadness mars the purity of its paranoia.
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Chops, gouges, wounds it like the shadow grooves on the sidewalks—the sun is setting earlier.
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Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free.
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Losing in Game 7 already hurts enough, but losing in extra innings to the Los Angeles Dodgers is a real twist of the knife.
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Neighbors are worried the next crash could be the one that busts through their wall or hurts someone who lives in one of the nearby homes.
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Federal illegality further cripples operations with banking and tax burdens.
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In the final version of the film, Furiosa captures Dementus, cripples him, brings him back to the Citadel.
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When foreign investors pull money out of the country, demand for the rupiah drops, and the currency weakens.
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Every interaction either builds confidence or weakens it.
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Disrupting essential frontline activities and tier huddles can cause a domino effect that impairs future lean efforts rather than lay a foundation for improvement.
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Poor sleep impairs barrier function and slows the overnight repair window, and chronic sleep restriction visibly accelerates aging.
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