1
as in damages
to cause bodily damage to
injured himself while skiing
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as in mars
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 injures
This storyline later appeared in the second season of Girls, as Dunham’s character Hannah is overwhelmed with the anxiety of writing a novel and similarly injures herself.
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
In her desperation to ask Val for a job on the new sitcom, Sharon falls and injures herself.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Pool drain seriously injures girl Paloma Quatrini was just days away from her fourth birthday when the accident happened at an upscale resort in Mexico.
—Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
When Don injures his hand, Blue (Hunter McVey) is forced to step into the competition for him.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people.
—Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026
California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
In self-defense, Franck's group injures one of the attackers.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
If an animal injures a human or another animal, or has been declared dangerous elsewhere, it can be ordered removed from the city.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
In her desperation to ask Val for a job on the new sitcom, Sharon falls and injures herself.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Pool drain seriously injures girl Paloma Quatrini was just days away from her fourth birthday when the accident happened at an upscale resort in Mexico.
—Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
When Don injures his hand, Blue (Hunter McVey) is forced to step into the competition for him.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people.
—Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026
California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
In self-defense, Franck's group injures one of the attackers.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
If an animal injures a human or another animal, or has been declared dangerous elsewhere, it can be ordered removed from the city.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injures
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Mercury damages the nervous system.—
Anton L. Delgado,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Antisemitism weakens trust, corrodes pluralism and damages the social fabric on which diverse communities depend.—
Laurence Milstein,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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No sadness mars the purity of its paranoia.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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However, an earnestness mars most of the proceedings.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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Chops, gouges, wounds it like the shadow grooves on the sidewalks—the sun is setting earlier.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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Yes, DiVincenzo’s absence hurts Minnesota’s prospects of making a deep playoff push.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
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Inflation hurts on so many levels.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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The author takes an overnight Amtrak journey instead of a flight to Washington as the government shutdown cripples Atlanta’s airport.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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These pressures could produce a tsunami that fractures the state’s fiscal foundation, self-inflicts a crisis ultimately demanding drastic cuts, and cripples its competitiveness.—
Andrew Rein,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Expanding nonmedical exemptions, however, weakens the very protections those medically vulnerable children depend on.—
Sarah Marsicek,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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Critics say allowing the department to delay or sideline state investigations weakens one of the last independent checks on government lawyers.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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Lead impairs cognition and cadmium harms the kidneys.—
Anton L. Delgado,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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About 6 million Americans had opioid use disorder — a problematic pattern of opioid use that significantly impairs or distresses a patient — as of 2022, according to the CDC.—
Amber Gaudet,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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