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[bleed] / blid /




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He has also survived health scares, notably a fall in his bathroom in 2024 that caused a brain bleed.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

The loss is starting to bleed into the wider healthcare economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The venue’s uppermost seats sit roughly 400 feet from the stage, and the surrounding residential neighborhoods make noise bleed a genuine concern.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

But on Saturday June 13, Caitlin experienced a sudden, serious brain bleed, followed by a series of strokes, and her health rapidly declined.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

To the United States government and its Department of Psi Youth, it was the lovechild of a car alarm and a dental drill, turned up high enough to make your ears bleed.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Matthew Robert Cooper’s unnerving ambient score bleeds into the relentless dink-dink-dink of the Jeep’s strobing hazard lights.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Available tests would yield a diagnostic guess by ruling out other causes, such as strokes, tumors or bleeds in the brain.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

"We look at this similarly to what happened with Belgium's golden generation a few years ago - a relatively small nation that simply bleeds football," said Korssund.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

"I take a paracetamol whenever fever becomes high," said Kanchan, a rare worker wearing rubber boots -- to protect against prolonged exposure to brine, that can crack skin so deep it bleeds.

From Barron's May 10, 2026

The way you laugh until you cry, the way you eat until your stomach aches, the way you scratch an itch until it bleeds.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Over the years, the company has bled hundreds of millions of dollars providing the L.A. sports channels.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The unit has bled tens of billions of dollars, and Meta has increasingly shifted its hardware focus toward AI-powered smart glasses, a promising consumer release outside social media.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Fears over the scale of artificial-intelligence spending and competition from China prompted a fresh tumble in U.S. chip stocks Monday, which bled into Asian markets Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

For England, a winter of discontent has bled into the heat of the summer.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

She told me things about the world that didn’t seem possible, not until we were able to pick up a radio station and a solemn voice bled through the speakers to confirm it all.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

There are exemptions similar to outfield players, which include if a goalkeeper has been fouled or is bleeding.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Sam Altman’s company is bleeding cash and falling behind its rival Anthropic as the companies race toward IPOs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Rectal bleeding was the strongest predictor of a colorectal cancer diagnosis, raising the odds by 8.5 times.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

The result can be swelling, bruising, bleeding, blisters and discoloration of the skin.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

I took the dogs out of harness and rubbed their shoulders and marveled at Storm, who stood with his tail wagging, not bleeding any longer.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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