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Recent Examples of contusion
The Yankees announced that Rice exited with a left elbow contusion shortly thereafter.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Steph Curry also suffered a pelvic contusion during the regular season.
—Joseph Dycus, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Steph Curry also suffered a pelvic contusion late in the regular season.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2025
Jimmy Butler, who finished with 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting, seven rebounds, six assists and five steals in the Warriors' Game 1 win, played only eight minutes in Game 2 before suffering a pelvic contusion on a hard fall after a rebound.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Steph Curry also suffered a pelvic contusion during the regular season.
—Joseph Dycus, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Steph Curry also suffered a pelvic contusion late in the regular season.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2025
Jimmy Butler, who finished with 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting, seven rebounds, six assists and five steals in the Warriors' Game 1 win, played only eight minutes in Game 2 before suffering a pelvic contusion on a hard fall after a rebound.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contusion
bruise
Noun
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Her face was covered in bruises, her nose was broken and she had been branded.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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Take photos of your bruises, cuts, scratches, lacerations, and bumps, and anything else that shows what happened.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 May 2025
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“Contusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contusion. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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