artery
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The risk of relying on one artery for so much trade was underscored after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, when the bridge was temporarily closed and trucks idled in a miles-long traffic jam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Then the Strait of Hormuz closed and choked off the world’s most important artery.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Previous research has also linked P. gingivalis to widespread inflammation throughout the body and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, including artery plaque buildup and coronary artery disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
The more poetic among us might find a metaphor there; the major artery to Graham’s heart was literally torn in two.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
His mouth filled with frothy saliva; no perceptible pulsations in the radial artery; but little external heat and very imperfect respiration.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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He said the attacks are “a systematic threat to the arteries of the world’s energy supply and to the safety of those who keep them flowing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The break, which happened early Thursday, was on a riveted steel pipe from 1916 that forms the major arteries for water delivery from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution mainlines across Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
New research suggests that lacunar ischemic stroke is not primarily caused by fatty plaque building up inside arteries, as many have assumed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
My favorite Father’s Day gifts are a terrible breakfast concocted by my daughters and an afternoon at the smoker where no one mentions what the ribs are doing to my arteries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Leo could sense the Celestial bronze running through the workshop like arteries from a heart—ready to conduct magical energy from this spot.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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