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artery

[ahr-tuh-ree] / ˈɑr tə ri /


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The risk of relying on one artery for so much trade was underscored after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, when the bridge was temporarily closed and trucks idled in a miles-long traffic jam.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Graham’s office said the medical examiner in Washington, D.C., attributed the South Carolina Republican’s death to aortic dissection, due to coronary artery disease.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

The more poetic among us might find a metaphor there; the major artery to Graham’s heart was literally torn in two.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

If the blood from the dissection travels outside the artery, the condition is often fatal.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

A doctor cut his bones, then sealed each artery and vein.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

The community relies heavily on funding from surrounding Lee County to staff law enforcement, repave roads and widen arteries connecting Lehigh Acres to the region, said Cecil Pendergrass, chairman of the board of county commissioners.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Thursday’s fracture was on a steel pipe that forms the major arteries for water delivery from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution lines across Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

New research suggests that lacunar ischemic stroke is not primarily caused by fatty plaque building up inside arteries, as many have assumed.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

At the time, he wrote in his column for the Sunday Times that "of the arteries feeding my heart with nourishing blood, one was completely blocked and the second of three was heading that way."

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Durham! and as if by magic, everything springs into new life, the veins and arteries of business throw off their stagnation and the bright sun of prosperity sends its radiant beams out upon the world...

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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