: having a bruise or many bruises
a badly bruised fighter
a bruised apple
: damaged or wounded by or as if by being struck
a bruised ego
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Shohei Ohtani to sit out Game 2 Shohei Ohtani insisted Monday that his bruised hamstring is continuing to improve.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
Work to resurrect Rockingham Speedway — a vaunted venue that not long ago was bloodied and bruised, foregone and forgotten.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2024
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
Work to resurrect Rockingham Speedway — a vaunted venue that not long ago was bloodied and bruised, foregone and forgotten.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2024
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“Bruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bruised. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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