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aspirin

[as-per-in, -prin] / ˈæs pər ɪn, -prɪn /


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From six weeks, she started taking daily blood-thinning injections and aspirin.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

The findings may help explain why commonly prescribed stroke prevention medications such as aspirin and other antiplatelet drugs have had limited success in preventing this type of stroke.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

What’s with the CT scans he’s been getting, and why is he taking so much aspirin?

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

The recent report didn’t specify the president’s current aspirin dosage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

But perhaps it was simply that his mother had a headache and had sent Sarah to the store for some aspirin.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

"He then went off to try and find aspirins at the far end of the clubhouse - and collapsed."

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

“Auntie Dosie had to have three aspirins, but Auntie Hannah, who liked port, stood in the middle of the snowbound back yard, singing like a big-bosomed thrush.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

"The next morning, when I started having the symptoms and I clearly knew what was going on, she put one of those aspirins inside of my tongue and that saved my life," said Banderas.

From Fox News ● Nov. 1, 2019

While there are no $10 aspirins, there’s not much in the way of other amenities, either.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2014

The doctor prescribed a glucose formula, crushed aspirins in a mortar, and told them to wrap the child with quilts and covers.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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