injures

present tense third-person singular of injure
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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. 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
Verb
  • What homeowners insurance covers after wildfire smoke exposure If wildfire smoke damages your property, homeowners insurance is typically the first place to turn.
    Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • The lenses are replaceable, too, in case a bad fall damages them.
    Brad Bourque, The Verge, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • Especially the guy who bangs a wrecking ball against the historic East Wing to make room for an incongruous ballroom monstrosity, who mars the sacred Oval Office with gold glitter and paves over the lovely Rose Garden.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • 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.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Chops, gouges, wounds it like the shadow grooves on the sidewalks—the sun is setting earlier.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • 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.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Some say moving a historic building from its original or longtime location hurts its integrity by removing it from its historic and physical context.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • That flexibility helps when one partner needs to move money quickly and hurts when trust breaks down.
    Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Federal illegality further cripples operations with banking and tax burdens.
    Peter Su, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • In the final version of the film, Furiosa captures Dementus, cripples him, brings him back to the Citadel.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Remove those resources, and the nominal tax rule remains unchanged while its practical effect weakens.
    Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Prolonged screen time tightens the muscles that support the neck and weakens the deep neck flexors responsible for holding the head aligned over the spine.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Punishment should be reserved for the guilty, not the sick, and postpartum psychosis, by definition, impairs a mother’s ability to process reality.
    Uruj Kamal Haider, Time, 21 July 2026
  • That sounds simple, but leaders who are highly activated are often the least accurate at assessing their own state—the same activation that impairs judgment also impairs the ability to perceive that judgment is impaired.
    Joy Nissen, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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“Injures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injures. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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