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as in wounded
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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Measuring real estate loss from the fires is, at best, an imperfect exercise laden with assumptions about property value and the interpretation of data that was not collected for that purpose.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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The results are often imperfect, so the designs usually have to be tweaked in apps like Canva.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2025
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The matches are now much more likely to reverse course if one team is pulling ahead — that certainly can’t hurt.—
Gabby Herzig,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Speaking of credit scores, contrary to popular opinion, having multiple credit cards won’t hurt you.—
Aislyn Greene,
AFAR Media,
26 Feb. 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
Adjective
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The adult male driver was subsequently arrested for driving while impaired.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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It is typically used in legal settings to check for impaired driving or underage drinking, employment to test for on-the-job alcohol consumption, or to test for alcohol poisoning.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
23 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
Adjective
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Excellence is achievable, but perfection is flawed thinking, impossible to attain.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Pasteur coolly replied that Pouchet’s spontaneous generation experiments were fatally flawed.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Deo’s family told the outlet that the car had a broken window and blood on the front seat, and his shoes were left inside.—
Rhiannon Saegert,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2025
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Infielder Nick Madrigal was moved to the 60-day IL with a broken shoulder to make room on the 40-man roster.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Injured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injured. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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