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[bluhd] / blʌd /




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King Harald reigned for 35 years and died at the national hospital in Norway's capital where he was being treated for a rare blood condition.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Anyone wishing to donate blood can sign up on the NHS Blood Donation website,, external external or use the app to register and book an appointment.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

In the veterinary emergency room, Samba was anesthetized, and the medical staff was then able to draw her blood.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

That said, there are cases of endurance athletes drinking excessive fluids, resulting in life-threatening conditions like hyponatremia, when blood sodium levels drop too low.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

As he studied the medicine horn in his hand, the blood drained from his face.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

My socials are inundated with videos of enthusiastic clients filming themselves in scan machines, getting their bloods taken and testing their grip strength.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Miami falls into an awkward middle ground that the blue bloods often avoid.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 2, 2026

The agency demanded evidence from an “adequate and well-controlled trial” to prove that reducing the protein in patients’ bloods improves patient outcomes.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

He listed UConn and Gonzaga, teams that have enjoyed wild success the last few decades but haven’t won enough historically to be considered classic blue bloods.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2024

Grover had taken over the satyr seekers and was sending them out across the world to find unclaimed half- bloods.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

Toxoplasma gondii is a potentially dangerous parasite that infects warm blooded animals.

From Science Daily Feb. 16, 2026

Some deep-sea fish, such as tuna and lamnid sharks, a family of large and speedy sharks, are partially warm blooded; they can divert body heat to specific organs even in icy temps.

From Science Magazine May 10, 2023

“Because they’re cold blooded animals, they regulate their body temperature as best they can based on the environment,” he said.

From New York Times Aug. 15, 2022

Species of warm- blooded animals, for example, tend to have larger bodies in the cooler climates closer to the earth’s poles, allowing them to better conserve heat.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

To Estha—steeped in the smell of old roses, blooded on memories of a broken man—the fact that something so fragile, so unbearably tender had survived, had been allowed to exist, was a miracle.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

There was the odd highlight, of course, namely beating Scotland 3-0 in Dublin in the Nations League, but Kenny's main legacy will be his role in blooding the Republic's next generation.

From BBC Nov. 22, 2023

Italy, because they are blooding quite a few youngsters in the Six Nations, and they do not have a consistent enough goal kicker to capitalise on the good work of their forwards.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2015

The youngsters they are blooding into the first team are talented, ready to impress.

From The Guardian May 6, 2013

"I'd rather go through the tough times now than be blooding young players with no experience in the 2015 World Cup in our own backyard," warned Lancaster flatly.

From The Guardian Mar. 19, 2013

Not worth the money; they are not blooding.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie




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