Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarring
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Three women who could be tearing each other apart in the most high-stakes competition on the planet are instead choosing friendship, choosing joy, choosing to have fun with it.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
17 Feb. 2026 -
Bring a sledgehammer and swing it, tearing stuff up.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Use a suede brush, limited water, and a suede-safe cleaner to gently clean your boots without damaging them.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
21 Feb. 2026
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Twice a day during high tide, water will come up over the retaining wall and flood the area, damaging the trees.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Feb. 2026
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The songs are at times over-the-top, at others lacerating in their introspection about everything from the anxiety of aging to the anguished choice to terminate a pregnancy.—
Adam Bradley Luis Alberto Rodriguez Carlos Nazario,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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But battering snow, whiteout conditions and the risk of another avalanche forced crews to take a slow and careful approach.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The battering weather that brought hard rain, thunder and lightning to the Bay Area and near white-out conditions and a deadly avalanche in the Sierra Nevada eased on Wednesday.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The gunman, later identified by police as 35-year-old Patrick Madison, fired at officers, wounding Gasco.—
Mike Toole,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The shooting started after Neves Valente entered a study session in a Brown academic building and opened fire on students, killing 19-year-old sophomore Ella Cook and 18-year-old freshman Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and wounding nine others.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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Ask an arborist to assess whether the tree is at risk of falling and hurting people or property.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Texas Legislature had just gutted the public education budget by $5 billion, directly hurting my students.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Scarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarring. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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