abnormal

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During labour, midwives from North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust missed key warning signs, including abnormal foetal heart patterns and scar pain, which were not properly recognised or acted upon.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

“The shipping industry needs to prepare for the possibility that Hormuz transits could remain abnormal, not just through the end of May, but for months beyond,” Greg Miller, a senior maritime reporter, wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

After Miller landed a finance internship at a local hospital, he received an abnormal result on a mandatory drug screening that led to a surprising discovery: He had Type 1 diabetes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

And there was certainly nothing abnormal about the airport being crowded with throngs of people still in their pajamas ahead of a 7 a.m. flight.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

He became rather technical; spoke of the abnormal endocrine co-ordination which made men grow so slowly; postulated a germinal mutation to account for it.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley