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Recent Examples of bruised
Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 10 Oct. 2024
Neighbors pulled her from the rubble, and she was transported to a local hospital with a foot injury and a bruised back, according to the station.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
When Arlo finally resurfaces, battered, bruised and very unlike himself, the Chenoweths and their neighbors, newly trapped by the line and horrors that lie beyond, must race to figure out what is happening.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
One more loss, and more than a billion dollars is bloodied and bruised and crawling into winter.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
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Jenkins, who was questionable last week with a bruised rib, has started the first five games of the season for the first time in his career.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 10 Oct. 2024
Neighbors pulled her from the rubble, and she was transported to a local hospital with a foot injury and a bruised back, according to the station.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
When Arlo finally resurfaces, battered, bruised and very unlike himself, the Chenoweths and their neighbors, newly trapped by the line and horrors that lie beyond, must race to figure out what is happening.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
One more loss, and more than a billion dollars is bloodied and bruised and crawling into winter.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruised
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Until the world contains only liberal democracies, Washington can hardly avoid seeking blemished friends.Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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Throop returned to his hometown in 1990 to take stock of its blemished environment.Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
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The sheriff’s office further alleges that Sykes gave the 10-year-old instructions to slit the throats of the adults temporarily living with the child.Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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Outside one center in June, protesters slit the throats of three pigs as a threat to Muslims believed to be living there.Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2024
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Without breaking stride, Hunter blew past four more Utah defenders and hopped into the end zone, a broken play transformed into a work of art.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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De Menezes was on his way to repair a broken fire alarm when he was shot and killed in an underground carriage at Stockwell station.Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
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The Fed last month slashed its benchmark interest rate by a hefty half-percentage point — its first and biggest rate cut since the 2020 recession.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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Get a head start and grab this Lego brick toy set while it’s slashed to its lowest price in weeks.Isabel Garcia, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Doctors at the surgical center became wary of the tainted IV bags in August 2022 after an 18-year-old patient had to be rushed to the intensive care unit during a routine sinus surgery, the Justice Department said.Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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Olympia and Julian have reopened an old lawsuit against First 12 Formula, a manufacturer of infant formula, whose tainted product may have been responsible for the death of a baby named Dante.Noel Murray, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Beginning as far back as 2019, network management platform SolarWinds was hacked by Russian actors who inserted malicious code into an update, compromising networks of what was thought to be thousands of customers, including local, state and federal governments.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Corporate Cybersecurity Beginning as far back as 2019, network management platform SolarWinds was hacked by Russian actors who inserted malicious code into an update, compromising networks of thousands of customers, as well as local, state and federal governments.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Bruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruised. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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