injures

present tense third-person singular of injure
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Recent Examples of injures Travel could require boarding or pet-sitting expenses, while a dog that damages property or injures someone could create potential liability issues. Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 The heist goes wrong when one sister injures her back and ends up trapped on the second floor, setting off an increasingly frantic bid to get out before the homeowner comes home. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injures
Verb
  • Alcohol also contributes to oxidative stress, which damages DNA, proteins and cell function and creates inflammation.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Travel could require boarding or pet-sitting expenses, while a dog that damages property or injures someone could create potential liability issues.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 25 Aug. 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
  • The kitchen wounds him, heals him, and becomes his crucible of faith.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 July 2026
  • The Atlanta Games are later marred by the Centennial Olympic Park bombing that kills Alice Hawthorne, wounds 111 others.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • The two tight ends situation hurts a bit, but if Cooper Kupp is truly half in the Undertaker’s casket, a top-40 season is well within play for Shaheed.
    Jake Ciely, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Indeed, Hank hurts lots of people in this action-comedy that doesn’t prove boring for a second but has trouble managing its disparate tones.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 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
  • Even if Korea can maintain 2% economic growth over the next two decades, consumption growth gradually weakens and eventually turns negative, according to Goldman’s long-term modeling.
    Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • As that frozen ground warms and ice inside thaws, the cement weakens, and slopes that stood for thousands of years can lose their grip.
    Umesh Haritashya, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The delay, the filing notes, impairs Pewitt’s defense because the memories of witnesses fade and their availability is unknown, and the ability to find and re-examine physical evidence after 31 years is compromised.
    Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Hwang suffered a traumatic brain injury from the attack, leading to ataxia, a neurological disorder that impairs movement and muscle control, and occasional seizures.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

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“Injures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injures. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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