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Recent Examples of contusion
Suggs has missed 13 consecutive games with what team officials are calling a quadriceps contusion.
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Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. is dealing with a left forearm contusion.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2025
The Celtics listed Jaylen Brown (right knee posterior impingement), Kristaps Porzingis (illness), Jayson Tatum (right knee tendinopathy) and Derrick White (left knee contusion) as questionable for Friday’s game in Miami.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
The other allegedly had something scraped across her neck, which left a mark as well as bruising and contusions.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025
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Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. is dealing with a left forearm contusion.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2025
The Celtics listed Jaylen Brown (right knee posterior impingement), Kristaps Porzingis (illness), Jayson Tatum (right knee tendinopathy) and Derrick White (left knee contusion) as questionable for Friday’s game in Miami.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
The other allegedly had something scraped across her neck, which left a mark as well as bruising and contusions.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Contusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contusion. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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