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
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David was wearing a red zip-up jacket that caught the eye of the five alleged gang members, who had just been caught on video at Valley Fair mall across the street a half hour earlier beating up, bloodying and stealing a shoe of an unsuspecting shopper, according to a police statement of facts.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
The Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Schmidt freezes on a frame showing Rushdie, his face also bloodied, as he is surrounded by people.—
Carolyn Thompson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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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
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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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