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as in damaging
to cause bodily damage to
injured himself while skiing
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as in marring
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 injuring
An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing the pilot and copilot and injuring several others, officials said.
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Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
The impact severed the cockpit, killing the pilot and co-pilot, both based in Canada, and injuring dozens of others.
—Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
The Air Canada passenger jet crashed into a fire truck while landing late the evening of March 22, killing both pilots, injuring dozens of people on board and shutting down the busy airport.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Earlier on Tuesday, an explosion was reported in northern Israel, injuring at least one person.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026
Then, during a 12-day war last summer, Israel used Tehran’s cameras to track and bomb the location of a meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, injuring Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to Iranian lawmakers and an Israeli documentary.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
LaGuardia Airport in New York is closed following a deadly collision of an Air Canada jet into a fire truck on Sunday night, killing a pilot and copilot and injuring dozens of passengers.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
All of this was compounded Sunday night at New York’s LaGuardia Airport when a commuter jet had a collision with a fire truck, killing the two Canadian pilots of the aircraft and injuring many of the plane’s passengers.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
The rupture occurred as the agency was wrapping up major infrastructure upgrades at the facility, injuring one worker and prompting a Yuba River conservation group to report that hundreds, and possibly thousands, of young Chinook salmon were stranded and died in the rocks along the shore.
—Chaewon Chung
march 13, Sacbee.com, 14 Mar. 2026
Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
The impact severed the cockpit, killing the pilot and co-pilot, both based in Canada, and injuring dozens of others.
—Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
The Air Canada passenger jet crashed into a fire truck while landing late the evening of March 22, killing both pilots, injuring dozens of people on board and shutting down the busy airport.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Earlier on Tuesday, an explosion was reported in northern Israel, injuring at least one person.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026
Then, during a 12-day war last summer, Israel used Tehran’s cameras to track and bomb the location of a meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, injuring Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to Iranian lawmakers and an Israeli documentary.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
LaGuardia Airport in New York is closed following a deadly collision of an Air Canada jet into a fire truck on Sunday night, killing a pilot and copilot and injuring dozens of passengers.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
All of this was compounded Sunday night at New York’s LaGuardia Airport when a commuter jet had a collision with a fire truck, killing the two Canadian pilots of the aircraft and injuring many of the plane’s passengers.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
The rupture occurred as the agency was wrapping up major infrastructure upgrades at the facility, injuring one worker and prompting a Yuba River conservation group to report that hundreds, and possibly thousands, of young Chinook salmon were stranded and died in the rocks along the shore.
—Chaewon Chung
march 13, Sacbee.com, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injuring
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The round caused a severe hand injury, damaging multiple fingers and resulting in significant loss of functionality, according to police.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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One of Scarpetta’s digressions in particular is damaging to the show’s fortunes.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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The demoralizing graffiti marring the main entrance to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 360 Lenox Ave.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
12 Feb. 2026
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Miles Bridges and Moussa Diabate, along with Detroit’s Isaiah Stewart and Jalen Duren, were ejected for fighting, marring what was an intriguing game between the top team in the Eastern Conference and the one featuring the NBA’s longest current win streak.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Feb. 2026
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An Iranian missile attack on Saturday hit the southern Israeli desert town of Dimona, badly wounding a child, according to Israel's ambulance service, and injuring dozens of others.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
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Israeli leaders visited Arad, one of two southern communities near a secretive nuclear research site struck by Iranian missiles late Saturday, wounding scores of people.—
Alon Bernstein,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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On top of that, US tariffs and growing competition in Asia are some of the other factors hurting its revenues.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Mar. 2026
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Another issue worrying farmers in major food-producing countries like Brazil and India is that the war is also hurting the export market.—
Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
20 Mar. 2026
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In Syria, Israeli strikes killed senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, crippling Iran’s coördination and control.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Dozens of countries have done the unprecedented, releasing an historic amount of crude from emergency reserves to prevent high oil prices from crippling the economy.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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His comeback hits a major hitch, however, when his lawyer Ira (Hill) gets wind of a compromising video that threatens to destroy Reed’s reputation.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
17 Mar. 2026
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Our role as producers is to find partners who can match that scale of ambition without compromising the intimacy of their vision.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
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