blood
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They suspected the blood might have come from some unrelated head bump, nosebleed or other incidental injury, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Jackie’s red blood cell count also remains low.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Detectives worked through the night collecting evidence, including blood samples.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
These precautions were able to halt the spread of what a blood sample later confirmed to be Ebola.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
As the brain detects a fall in blood temperature, it automatically protects itself by shutting down the blood supply to the hands and feet.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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And this one has delivered an epic Final Four of blue bloods who have all proven they can go the distance: France, Spain, England, and Argentina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
"It should be standard practice that bloods are taken and preserved because, by that not happening, our family has been left with no answers as to what caused Katie's death."
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Miami falls into an awkward middle ground that the blue bloods often avoid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
He listed UConn and Gonzaga, teams that have enjoyed wild success the last few decades but haven’t won enough historically to be considered classic blue bloods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
Now came the suitors, young bloods trooping in to their own seats on thrones or easy chairs.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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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
At the desk sat a young man who looked to be a full- blooded Ceald, with the characteristic ruddy complexion and dark hair and eyes.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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The north London club have retained their core of international players, while blooding youngsters last season and allowing others to gain experience from loan spells.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2021
In the meantime, Dave Sarachan has been operating as interim head coach and dutifully going about blooding a series of young players in some tough friendlies.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2018
Southgate offered a nod, too, to the much-criticised Roy Hodgson for blooding so many younger players during his tenure in charge.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2018
But he says Rodgers has been "brave" for blooding the likes of Raheem Sterling and Andre Wisdom.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2013
"They are blooding him again," he said; and then—"What are you doing here?"
From Oddsfish! by Benson, Robert Hugh
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