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to cause bodily damage to
injured himself while skiing
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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
Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
Within the past 24-hours— according to Gaza’s Health Ministry— more than 59 people have been killed by strikes in the area and more than 270 have been injured.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Fourteen killed, dozens injured in a New Year's Day attack.
—ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
People who don’t understand, like, people get injured.
—Law Murray, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Lincoln Hospital was where Shirley Vasquez and all the other parents, like her, took their children when they were injured or ill.
—Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
The defense fell off significantly at the end of the year after Brisker and defensive tackle Andrew Billings were injured and Eberflus was fired.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Early Wednesday morning, a terror attack killed 14 people and injured dozens of others in downtown New Orleans when a man plowed his pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in the heart of the city’s iconic French Quarter.
—William Guillory, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards is the first law enforcement member injured, as the back of her head strikes the corner of a cement step, causing a traumatic brain injury.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
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At least 35 people were injured in the incident, officials said, and at the time some were hospitalized in critical condition.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
Within the past 24-hours— according to Gaza’s Health Ministry— more than 59 people have been killed by strikes in the area and more than 270 have been injured.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Fourteen killed, dozens injured in a New Year's Day attack.
—ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
People who don’t understand, like, people get injured.
—Law Murray, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Lincoln Hospital was where Shirley Vasquez and all the other parents, like her, took their children when they were injured or ill.
—Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
The defense fell off significantly at the end of the year after Brisker and defensive tackle Andrew Billings were injured and Eberflus was fired.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Early Wednesday morning, a terror attack killed 14 people and injured dozens of others in downtown New Orleans when a man plowed his pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in the heart of the city’s iconic French Quarter.
—William Guillory, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards is the first law enforcement member injured, as the back of her head strikes the corner of a cement step, causing a traumatic brain injury.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injured
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But others argue these budget controls are ensuring Connecticut won’t return to the 2010s, a decade marred by frequent annual deficits and some of the largest tax hikes in state history.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2025
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The couple welcomed two children, True, 6, and Tatum, 2, but their romance was marred by Thompson's multiple cheating scandals.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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Data protection laws, which exist in the European Union and, somewhat ironically, China, are an imperfect but necessary starting point.—
Johanna Costigan,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Although played by David Duchovny, a cisgender man, trans viewers have long had a soft spot for the X-Files star’s imperfect but empathetic depiction of a trans woman who found acceptance from some of her colleagues, like Kyle MacLachlan’s Dale Cooper.—
Lex McMenamin,
Them,
16 Jan. 2025
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Others may become disengaged, hurting productivity, Yost said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramírez have lagged in voting, hurt by suspensions for performance-enhancing drugs.—
Ronald Blum,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2024
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One doctor suggested that many children with medical complexities are simply too impaired to benefit from living in a home environment.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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The second-most-common neurodegenerative disorder, Parkinson's disease manifests via such motor problems as impaired balance, slow movement, muscle stiffness and tremors.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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The Chiefs are the least flawed of the four remaining teams, and whoever comes out of the AFC should win the Super Bowl.—
Hannah Vanbiber,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Structural balance frameworks aim to stabilize budgets over the economic cycle but often fail due to their flawed design.—
Vance Ginn,
National Review,
24 Jan. 2025
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There is a broken down vehicle on US-69 from 135th Street to Blue Valley Parkway.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
21 Jan. 2025
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More than 250 were injured and taken to nine Baltimore hospitals, suffering abrasions, head injuries and broken bones.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Injured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injured. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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