as in to blow out
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Verb
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When my bike tire blew out on a rural road, three strangers stopped within minutes to help.—
Carter Popkin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025 -
Since celebrating with the Stanley Cup in a D.C. fountain and blowing out the candles on his 33rd birthday cake, he’s scored another 281 goals and now sits six shy of breaking Gretzky’s record.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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On filming with that animatronic alligator and unwittingly continuing a Will Ferrell trend Jim wrestles the alligator himself after realizing that his plan is a terrible idea, getting battered and bloodied before eventually throwing it out the window.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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Trump also experienced two assassination attempts, including surviving an incredibly close call at a rally in Pennsylvania in July that left him bloodied from a bullet wound to his right ear and one of his supporters dead.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Pulmonary fibrosis is scarring on the lungs, wherein scar tissue blocks oxygen from the air sacs in the lungs from getting into the bloodstream.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Leaving a natural finish, this cream features hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and vitamin E to veil the look of acne scarring, wrinkles, redness, pores, and discoloration with ease.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In surgery, certain risks are universal—infection, hematoma and seroma (collections of blood or fluid under the skin), swelling, bruising, pain, and poor healing, to name a few.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
10 Apr. 2025
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The band is wide enough to avoid creating rolls, while not bruising my armpits with underwire.—
Andrea Jordan,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Contuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contuse. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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