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[bluhd] / blʌd /




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Ischemic heart disease occurs when reduced blood flow deprives the heart muscle of the oxygen it needs, often because arteries have narrowed or become blocked.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

That volume is approximately equal to the amount of blood circulating in an adult human body.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

It also contributes to the normal functioning of blood vessel walls, which plays an important role in maintaining healthy blood pressure.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Insulin injections can help reduce blood sugar by allowing muscle cells to absorb glucose from the bloodstream.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

As soon as he’d said it, his blood froze, worried that he’d gone too far, for it had been a very long while since he’d made a joke.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Years ago, I was talking to my cousin—also English—about how one could find the Premiership compelling when only a small handful of upper-crust blue bloods ever have a shot at winning.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

"We want it to be made mandatory that when someone arrives at the mortuary then bloods should be taken," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

The country’s top teams—blue bloods with well-resourced athletic departments and rich histories of March triumph—have never been better.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

Where there were concerns in the past about USC having enough resources to compete with other blue bloods, Bowden says he has no such worry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025

Now came the suitors, young bloods trooping in to their own seats on thrones or easy chairs.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Toxoplasma gondii is a potentially dangerous parasite that infects warm blooded animals.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026

Some deep-sea fish, such as tuna and lamnid sharks, a family of large and speedy sharks, are partially warm blooded; they can divert body heat to specific organs even in icy temps.

From Science Magazine ● May 10, 2023

“Because they’re cold blooded animals, they regulate their body temperature as best they can based on the environment,” he said.

From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2022

Species of warm- blooded animals, for example, tend to have larger bodies in the cooler climates closer to the earth’s poles, allowing them to better conserve heat.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

To Estha—steeped in the smell of old roses, blooded on memories of a broken man—the fact that something so fragile, so unbearably tender had survived, had been allowed to exist, was a miracle.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Seen by many as an inconvenience in an already congested calendar, the EFL Cup remains essential when it comes to blooding emerging Premier League talent.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024

Phelan is now faced with the tricky task of blooding new recruits without upsetting the players who have served him so well thus far.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 9, 2016

But he says Rodgers has been "brave" for blooding the likes of Raheem Sterling and Andre Wisdom.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2013

And for this match at the Kennington Oval, a desperate England were blooding eight new internationals, including a 17-year-old whelp, James Prinsep.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2011

They were relieved that night, this short spell being designed as a sort of introduction or breaking in or blooding to the game.

From Between the Lines by Boyd Cable


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