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Appeared in the February 13, 2026, print edition as 'Crypto Meltdown Bruises Coinbase'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
This time around, she opens up about her shortcomings, whether she's falling prey to inertia on Millennial Blues, or admitting her tendency for self-sabotage on Bruises.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2022
His single Bruises became a vast streaming hit – 28m plays on Spotify, apparently unprecedented for an unsigned artist – but its follow-ups did nothing like as well.
From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2019
Bruises the spirit: Aaron Mak staked out some of the closed Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., and the numerous hopeful tourists who tried, and failed, to access these government shutdown–affected spots.
From Slate • Jan. 8, 2019
Bruises of all sorts, however, unless very severe, are much safer than cuts or scratches, because they do not break the skin, and consequently no germs can get into the tissues of the blood.
From A Handbook of Health by Hutchinson, Woods
