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as in wounded
to cause bodily damage to
injured himself while skiing
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as in marred
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 injured
Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Upon arrival, officers found the injured man and woman, and the officers applied a tourniquet and recruited help from emergency medical personnel, per the release from PPB.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
With Mack Hollins on injured reserve with an abdominal injury, Chism has taken on some of the veteran wide receiver’s snaps as a run blocker.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Miami would go 1-3 during Tagovailoa’s four-game stint on injured reserve.
—Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
At 35, he’s being asked to shoulder one of the heftiest workloads of his career to pick up the slack for injured teammates Jalen Smith and Zach Collins.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Also, almost every running back that has suited up for Arizona this season has ended up on injured reserve.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
The injured person was taken to a hospital for treatment and is expected to survive.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Jan. 2026
The other Dolphin holdover from those drafts, tackle Austin Jackson, might be too injured to carry his medium-sized contract.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
Christa Swanson, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
The Northwest Avalanche Center, which arrived on the scene to help assess the accident, said one of the survivors was injured after being partially buried by the avalanche.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Kittle is one of many 49ers stars to be injured this season and unable finish the biggest game of the season.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Multiple people were injured after the driver of a U-Haul truck plowed through an anti-Iranian regime protest in Los Angeles on Sunday.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2026
Wedgewood played four straight games, including three in four nights, after Mackenzie Blackwood was injured.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
Woll and Stolarz carried the load when each was injured.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Eleven other victims were injured with one hospitalized in critical condition.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 8 Nov. 2025
Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation said that in Dnipro, a multi-story building was damaged in a drone strike that killed a woman and injured 11 people, including a 13-year-old girl.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
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But the Thunder, as small as can be without injured centers Isaiah Hartenstein, Jaylin Williams and Holmgren, pieced together a valiant comeback behind the efforts of eight-year veteran forward Kenrich Williams.
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Police are asking the public for help to find a suspect who fatally shot one person and injured three others in the Town of Strasburg, around 30 miles east of Aurora.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for injured
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Dead or damaged branches can be removed any time.—
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Your Skin Might Heal Faster Chamomile is often used topically to soothe damaged skin.—
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Denver police are searching for suspects in a Saturday night parking lot shooting that killed a 16-year-old and wounded three men, at least one of whom is not expected to survive, according to the agency.—
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Each of the 29 counts corresponds to a child who was killed or wounded in the classrooms, prosecutors said.—
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Their union was marred by affairs on both sides, perhaps most notably Charles’s ongoing affair with the former Camilla Parker Bowles (now Queen Camilla).—
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The deal has largely held, though it has been marred by mutual accusations of violations.—
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What to Do With Overripe Pears Not to worry if pears are soft but not spoiled.—
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The United Center cheers were nearly spoiled when Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy challenged the game-winner for an offside penalty.—
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After all, there are signs that the economy is improving (unemployment and inflation are declining), but after the economic struggles of recent years, and with household debt still high, an additional financing source won't hurt, either.—
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Critics say the practice has driven up home prices and hurt affordability, but some housing experts argue the president’s proposal would have minimal effect on overall housing supply.—
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In Wrightwood, the recent torrential rainfall delivered devastating mudslides that have crippled the mountain town.—
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The pioneering college opened in 1885 and weathered difficult times early on, as the infamous winter freeze of 1894 destroyed orange groves throughout the state and crippled a key revenue source for Rollins, Lane wrote in his history of the school.—
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The no-cloning theorem has presented a major challenge for quantum researchers, who have sought to overcome it with solutions such as imperfect cloning and probabilistic cloning, which uses the broadcasting of mixed states.—
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In Relationship Goals, his character’s transformation is sincere, but imperfect at times.—
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With some estimates putting wave heights as much as 35 feet, weakened hatch covers would have been vulnerable to such waves.—
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The years of horrific violence have weakened Sudan, plunging its institutions into chaos and making its population more vulnerable and poorer.—
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“Injured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injured. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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