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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 children moved in a clot down the hill, stomping and pushing and screaming but never straying far from each other.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

This can make the blood thicker and raise the risk of blood clots, strokes and heart attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

This rare condition, which mostly impacts children, occurs when bacterial toxins spread throughout the body and damage red blood cells, causing clots in the organs, primarily the kidneys.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Strands and clots of foul, muddy- looking matter floated here and there, around my legs.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

William revealed he had his scones the Devonian way - layering clotted cream first followed by jam.

From BBC ● May 22, 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

Now, staring down at it with the rest of them, he noticed clotted ridges that might once have been fur, and frost-fastened along one edge, a naked tail.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

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

Revenue tied to Eliquis, a blood thinner that reduces the risk of clotting and stroke, also increased 8% .

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

The clotting had shut off blood circulation to the gut, and the cells in the gut subsequently died—that is, the intestines had died—and then the gut had filled up with blood.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston