artery
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Before the war, the strait—a critical artery for global energy markets—used to carry around a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Although mostly single carriageway with few overtaking lanes, it is a vital artery of the Northern Ireland road network and has more than 200 side roads connecting to it.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
About 1 in 13 participants ages 18 to 29 had signs of the disease in at least one artery.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Dr Edward Sheffield, who performed an additional post-mortem examination on Kitchen's body in Bristol, said his cause of death had been cardiac failure due to coronary artery atheroma and the physiological effects of turbulence.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Quickly, I felt with two fingers against his throat for that artery, the big one up there under your jaw.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
Doctors used real-time X-ray imaging, known as fluoroscopy, to guide the catheter and deliver the particles to the targeted arteries.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
A heart attack is when one of the coronary arteries becomes blocked.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Every participant underwent advanced imaging designed to identify plaque in three major areas: the carotid arteries in the neck, the femoral arteries in the legs and the coronary arteries supplying the heart.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Pivdennyi bridge is one of the main arteries across the Dnipro river dividing western and eastern Kyiv.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The likelihood of any given person being killed in a terrorist attack is far smaller than the likelihood that the same person will clog up his arteries with fatty food and die of heart disease.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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