sickle
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The facade of the building betrays no affiliation—neither hammer nor sickle.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
The defective hemoglobin sticks to itself, causing normally flexible cells to stiffen into sickle shapes—a process sometimes called sickling—that block blood flow, damage organs and trigger excruciating pain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Without any products on the market, Fulcrum Therapeutics had been striving to commercialize its experimental drug for sickle cell disease, but those plans appear to now be on hold.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Donors are vital for securing a steady supply of blood for cancer patients, new mothers, those living with long-term conditions such as sickle cell disease, as well as during emergencies.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
The woman was overjoyed at the sight of so much thatching grass and she immediately began to cut it down with her sickle.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
“You can’t buy new sickles for combines anymore,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
Eighteen-year-old Noor Mohammad and 25-year-old Ahmad keep swinging their sickles to clear a remaining metre of grain.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2022
Behind them, a small band of black men and women, dressed in early 1800s field pants and waistcoats, long flowing skirts and turbans, marched in tight military columns, wielding rakes, sickles and cane knives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2019
FARIDKOT, India — A column of four-by-fours turned off a dusty road in rural Punjab last week, past ox carts and farmworkers holding sickles, and came to a stop in an unmarked field.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2016
I grip my sickles, ready to swipe at anything that comes out, but nothing does.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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