blood
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It supports the maintenance of muscle and bone, helps the body regulate how it uses stored fat, and influences blood sugar levels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
They then exposed mouse red blood cells to each type of plastic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Officials later found that dozens of provincial officials and hospital staff attempted to cover up the incident by tampering with blood tests and accepting bribes from a nursery investor.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
This imaging technique measures changes in blood flow and oxygen levels associated with brain activity, allowing researchers to identify which areas of the brain are more active during different tasks.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Drawing blood reduces blood pressure slightly, which may have taken some of the pressure off his swollen brain.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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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 truest of blue-and-gold bloods, Gabriela decided in third grade that she wanted to play for UCLA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
The agency demanded evidence from an “adequate and well-controlled trial” to prove that reducing the protein in patients’ bloods improves patient outcomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Grover had taken over the satyr seekers and was sending them out across the world to find unclaimed half- bloods.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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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
The steel points of pikes flamed red with sunlight, as if already blooded, while the pavilions of the knights and high lords sprouted from the grass like silken mushrooms.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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I think it was a good way of blooding him on his international debut.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024
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
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
"I'd rather go through the tough times now than be blooding young players with no experience in the 2015 World Cup in our own backyard," warned Lancaster flatly.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2013
"They are blooding him again," he said; and then—"What are you doing here?"
From Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Introductory
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