pumps

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One of California’s two main north-south water conduits, it pumps water from the Delta near the intakes of the other major system, the State Water Project.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

By 2014, he had been fitted with an LVAD, a mechanical device that pumps blood around the body when the heart is too weak to do so.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Circor specializes in making pumps and valves for the industrial, aerospace and defense industries.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Blood pressure measures the force of blood pushing against artery walls as the heart pumps.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Her little patent leather pocketbook plaintively matches her pumps.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez