bolus

Example Sentences

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Nelson and other researchers fear their projects could be left behind if the U.S. government doesn’t ante up a similar bolus of funding.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 2, 2024

“It’s very possible we’ll eliminate the bolus and still get the same efficacy.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2023

Finally, it pushes that bolus back to be swallowed, making sure no food enters the airways.

From Science Magazine • May 24, 2023

“Persistent Vision” is a digital bolus of D.C. punk rock stretching from 1976 to 1992.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2022

Watching while they opened up the rocky hillside ground with pick and mattock and brought to light a great bolus of serpents perhaps a hundred in number.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy