inflamed

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These include when the electrical impulses that regulate heartbeats don't function properly, or when the walls of the heart become inflamed or damaged.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The moves inflamed concerns the network's leadership would undermine independent journalism at the US's longest-running and highest-rated news programme.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

And it has inflamed tensions between Miami’s growing legion of wealthy residents and the workers and small-business owners who prop up the city’s economy but increasingly feel priced out.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

I spent years tired and inflamed, but no one connected the dots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He dared not scratch it, because if he did so it always became inflamed.

From "1984" by George Orwell