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[bluhd] / blʌd /




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Larger nodules can cause shortness of breath, chest pain and persistent coughing -- sometimes with blood.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

His last public appearance was Tuesday, when he gave blood to support a national donation drive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

These medications act on a hormone signaling system that helps regulate blood sugar and appetite, making them effective tools for improving metabolic health and supporting weight loss.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Professor Garvey believes this approach could eventually help patients preserve the health improvements associated with losing weight, including better blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

‘Well of course you can see! You cut your forehead when you hit that branch, and the blood got in your eyes. Scalp wounds bleed a lot. Didn’t you know that?’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Years ago, I was talking to my cousin—also English—about how one could find the Premiership compelling when only a small handful of upper-crust blue bloods ever have a shot at winning.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

The country’s top teams—blue bloods with well-resourced athletic departments and rich histories of March triumph—have never been better.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

Mrs Lord went to the hospital on 19 May 2023 to have bloods taken and for a decision to be made on what investigations may be needed in future.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

Haemoglobin is a protein found in the red bloods cells that carry oxygen around the body.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025

It was not until then, too late, that I saw my new clothes— and the spots of bloods, flecks of fish scales, bits of feather and mud.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

Triceratops was likely not fully warm blooded, but these structures may still have played an important role in controlling temperature and retaining moisture.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2026

Steve Borthwick blooded five new players and a lot could have gone wrong, but there were some good individual performances in the 27-24 win.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024

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

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

Seen by many as an inconvenience in an already congested calendar, the EFL Cup remains essential when it comes to blooding emerging Premier League talent.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024

I think it was a good way of blooding him on his international debut.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024

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

From The Guardian ● May 6, 2013

Ferguson also stood by the club's refusal to compete with the likes of Manchester City in the transfer market, believing that his policy of blooding young players is preferable.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2012

"She had a fainting-fit just now in His Majesty's presence; and they have been blooding her."

From Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson




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