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reflux

[ree-fluhks] / ˈriˌflʌks /


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Following his advice to blackmail a loose-cannon Prime Minister into resigning causes her reflux to erupt with a vengeance.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

He also saw what caused the false alarm: The Spanish translation of how to distinguish expected acid reflux from possible heart attack symptoms was clumsy and confusing.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

They were also associated with several digestive disorders, including gastritis and gastroesophageal reflux disease.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

But then my AFib kicked in and acid reflux kicked in and pneumonia kicked in.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

In the reflux of enthusiasm come silent tender hours with songs in which the notes are muffled.

From Paul Verlaine by Stefan Zweig

Food and acid from the stomach backs up, or refluxes, into the esophagus.

From US News ● Jun. 11, 2014

But speaking in less general language, it is to follow the fluxes and refluxes of the mind when agitated by the great and simple affections of our nature.

From Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 1 by William Wordsworth

They are with him in the play of feelings, with him in the fluxes and refluxes of his thought—learning his ways of mind without realizing it.

From The Jesus of History by T. R. Glover

The incident throws light upon the "fluxes and refluxes of feeling" within him, and the effect upon him of a spirit with something of his own tenderness and humour.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover

The refluxes of the heart are as inevitable as those of the sea; the lights of the heart are as fixed as those of the night.

From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Victor Hugo


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