cough

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These findings provide new insight into age-related inflammation and help explain why something as simple as a cough can sometimes lead to hospitalization in older individuals.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

It causes worsening breathlessness, a dry cough, and fatigue, typically affecting older adults.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

You’ll also hear a larger, darker woofling from the tailpipes, and phlegmy, spattering cough as the rpm fall off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

And when it feels like a company is, as you put it, holding your stuff for ransom, you may feel even more inclined to cough up whatever amount they insist you pay.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

I tugged on my cap and forced a cough.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas