gashes

• “A hardened pool of wax, scribbles, intricate drawings, dried remnants of food; calculations and gashes from a box cutter are the only remnant of the artist on a few of the slate-colored table top.”

  The Huffington Post: Marina Cashdan: Exhibition Spotlight: Dieter Roth, Björn Roth, Work Tables & Tischmatten

• “The USA and North Korea engaged in a bruising, physical game that saw the Americans make a dramatic second-half comeback after star scorer Abby Wambach, who had been triple-teamed all night, had to leave the field with head gashes from a collision with a Korean player.”

  USA's group tied in knots after World Cup openers

• “I couldnt tell if the gashes were a result of some kind of attack or simply rotting away.”

  Simon & Schuster: Pendragon: Book Eight: The Pilgrims of Rayne

• “Winds and seismic and tectonic disruptions have left their mark in tortuous folds and uplifts, deep gashes, and conical incrustations that hark back far before the age of human folly.”

  Pakistan’s Fatal Shore

• “An astonishing number of his shorter works follow the inspiration of Crash, also filmed, this time by David Cronenberg, in morbid and almost loving accounts of “wound profiles,” gashes, fractures, and other inflictions on the flesh and bones.”

  The Catastrophist

• “Nice facial gashes seem to be all to common when I shoot a buddies rifle or shoot from a dumb position.”

  A Cautionary Hematoma Tale

• “Scheyer had so many gashes, especially, under his left eye, that he said he was contemplating plastic surgery in that area of his face.”

  Duke survives Butler in classic to win fourth title for Coach K

• “He must position himself for next year's general election in a liberal state that has generally supported education and environmental programs that would suffer deep gashes in funding.”

  The Washington Post: Senate funding vote delayed as parties trade barbs over competing proposals

• “His pajamas were gone — burned away — and his body was covered in bruises and gashes.”

  Fictionaut: The Suicide of Superman (Redux)

• “Gear aside, competitive speed skaters also stand apart with the badges of honor they wear up and down their arms and legs — deep red, dried-out scabs and gashes.”

  The Wall Street Journal: 100 Kilometers of Whooshing

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