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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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For various examples and further detailed indications about the nature and use of imperfect prompts, see my coverage at the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Read: Reclaim imperfect faces Near the end of the finale, all of that progress was erased.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2025
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Trump's most expansive tariffs to date and larger than most experts expected ‒ could further hurt a weakening economy, send the stock market plummeting and even lead to a recession.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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With big men Al Horford and Kristaps Porziņģis out in addition to Jrue Holiday, Kornet’s three first-half fouls hurt the most.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 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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Standardized tests sanctioned by the American Psychological Association can be invaluable aids to revealing whether decision-making parts of the brain are impaired.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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For instance, in the life insurance industry, a product should not only ensure healthy individuals but all those who are impaired and in dire need of insurance.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 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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But equating time spent with value created is a flawed model.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The American Dental Association has disputed claims that water fluoridation is unsafe, calling the report flawed.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2025
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In November 2023, a 62-year-old American woman was killed aboard the Viking Polaris when a rogue wave crashed into a window and she was struck by broken glass, according to WCVB-TV.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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This was true of Fury (2015) as well, his brutal and gruesome war drama featuring Brad Pitt as a tank commander in the final days of World War II leading a platoon of hardened, traumatized, broken soldiers.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Injured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injured. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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