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fluid

[floo-id] / ˈflu ɪd /




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If the data were collected at different times, for example, some of the information -- especially on a fluid process like gaining US citizenship -- could be out-of-date, he explained.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

It was a punch delivered in Atlanta on Sunday and felt all the way in Washington, smooth and fluid, like one of Sugar Ray Robinson’s left hooks or Muhammad Ali’s left jabs.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

The front four take up fluid positions, rotating between themselves and making runs off the ball.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

The Middle East situation remains fluid, with little progress in talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Balthilda was knitting what looked like a shawl, creating a fluid and intricate pattern with Hadel’s rich threads.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

The virus, which spreads through contact with bodily fluids and causes a haemorrhagic fever, "is moving faster than any previous Ebola outbreak", he warned.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

The process of hydraulic fracturing ekes out oil from older wells, and involves cracking the bedrock several thousand feet below the seafloor by injecting chemical fluids with intense pressure.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Those samples contain substantial evidence that briny fluids once existed just beneath the surfaces of their parent asteroids.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Ebola is spread by contact with bodily fluids and causes a haemorrhagic fever.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

He needed to get fluids into him, I knew, and without an IV, we’d have to do it the traditional way.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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