stroke
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The carefully rendered visages are then, at the final moment, slashed with a coup de grâce—a stroke cutting across the mandible or a thick single point that pierces into the chin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Coronary artery disease and ischemic stroke are two major forms of this condition.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Murphy is actually the fourth Senate Democrat to suffer a stroke in recent years.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
Friedman pushed back on the notion that age was to blame, saying that explanation was painting with too broad of a stroke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Sorry, girl,” Carmen said, giving Rosie a gentle stroke on the forehead.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
She turned on a heart-shaped computer light, stroked back her long hair and unmuted herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
"So, we all started to panic; some people jumped out of windows, and some ran outside," the 31-year-old barber told AFP as he stroked his mother's leg under her hospital blanket.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Michael Phelps crawl stroked away from his first retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
There was an early advantage for PSG when Eberechi Eze stroked his penalty wide after a stuttering run up, but Gunners keeper David Raya responded by saving Nuno Mendes' effort.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
I nodded my head and stroked his arm.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
The movie shows this discovery as a tender moment, with only a few days passing and Almásy lying next to Katharine’s recently deceased body, stroking her hair.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
McGinn collected Youri Tielemans' long ball and remained cool, sidestepping the 'keeper and stroking the ball into the empty net.
From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026
Ms. Waller-Bridge was almost as funny as Jean Smart in “Hacks,” which lost the Emmy to Seth Rogen’s wobbly vehicle “The Studio,” another example of the industry stroking itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
His ways of coping include going for walks along the beach, playing golf or stroking his highland cows.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
We sat there in silence for a few moments while my grandmother went on stroking me very gently with one finger and puffing her cigar with the other hand.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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