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In 1931, the governor of Arkansas nominated Hattie Caraway to temporarily replace her husband after he died of a blood clot.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

She thought it was the baby, but a nurse confirmed it was a blood clot, 3 inches across.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

Sinbad had an ischemic stroke — the result of a blood clot that traveled from his heart to his brain — in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

Maradona, regarded as one of the greatest football players of all times, died in November 2020 at age 60, while recovering at home from surgery for a brain clot.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

The eight-man expedition was pinned down in a ferocious blizzard high on K2, waiting to make an assault on the summit, when a team member named Art Gilkey developed thrombophlebitis, a life-threatening altitude-induced blood clot.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Experts later determined she suffered from severe anemia; blood clots in both wings and one kidney; liver and lung abnormalities; and inadequate bone marrow response.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Others had suffered blood clots, heart issues, anxiety and depression, the Department of Justice confirmed.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

TB-500: TB-500 is another peptide primarily used for wound healing, though the FDA noted that it’s marketed for at least 14 other health concerns, like hair loss, blood clots and dry-eye disorder.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Venous thromboembolism refers to dangerous blood clots that form in a vein and may travel to the lungs.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

“If I were as gorgeous as Roza, I’d smile all the time,” Amber said, glancing at the clots of guys assembled in the dank, dim basement.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Still, around the globe, other routes to citizenship are becoming more clotted.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

One tenacious fallacy about Shakespeare is that his speeches are always clotted with gargantuan words; Macbeth’s “multitudinous seas incarnadine” is a classic example.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

High-fat creams generally contain 30-40% fat and include whipping cream, double cream and clotted cream.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025

Some say he spent most tea times with New Yorker reporter Emily Hahn, two legends living legendarily, sharing tales over cucumber sandwiches, curried prawns, scones with clotted cream and strong black tea.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025

Tender white carrots with black earth clotted in their fibers.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

It also injects a bit of saliva, which contains anticoagulants to prevent the host’s blood from clotting as the mosquito feeds.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

He hypothesized that the drug might reduce blood clotting and thus prevent heart attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Pulmonary embolism and hereditary coagulopathy — an arterial blockage in the lungs and issues with blood clotting either too much or too little — contributed to his death, People said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

When this confusion occurs, the body produces antibodies that activate clotting.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2026

This blood keeps running, because _the clotting factors have been used up.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston