stroke
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A necropsy found that the dog died of heat stroke, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Between 2020 and May 2026, Comwel ruled that 46 warehouse and delivery workers, including Jang, died of a stroke or heart disease that count as work-related deaths.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Semax: In Russia, this peptide is approved to treat serious issues like stroke or optic-nerve conditions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The new statement reviews recent evidence about caffeinated coffee and its possible relationships with high blood pressure, cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, other arrhythmias and other cardiovascular conditions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Queen reached down to stroke May’s face, but the princess shied away.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
Michael Phelps crawl stroked away from his first retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
There was an early advantage for PSG when Eberechi Eze stroked his penalty wide after a stuttering run up, but Gunners keeper David Raya responded by saving Nuno Mendes' effort.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Noah Okafor then stroked home an equaliser after a goalmouth scramble to further edge Leeds clear of the relegation zone.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Pundits who failed to predict the operation in the first place gravely stroked their chins before intoning that the Venezuelan adventure must inevitably fail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
Baba and the other two rangers each stroked Sundari’s fur.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
Ms. Waller-Bridge was almost as funny as Jean Smart in “Hacks,” which lost the Emmy to Seth Rogen’s wobbly vehicle “The Studio,” another example of the industry stroking itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Rohit used his experience to get through a testing opening spell from Josh Hazlewood before letting loose, stroking seven fours and two sixes in his 97-ball stay.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
Because like when she does the chime stroking things or like, the brush strokes, which are the really soft sounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
"I hold an imaginary ball between my hands, and I dry brush my body, stroking my skin, visualising the blood flowing to my heart."
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
Too big for this room, thought Jeremy, stroking her head—which was now wider than his fist, and longer than his foot.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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