swelling

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Remember the unsatisfying finale to “The Sopranos”? Swelling crescendo ... then abrupt cut to black?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

Swelling of the brain, resulting in death or damage that could involve any part of it, is perhaps the most frightening thing that measles can do to your child.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

Swelling can make it difficult for health care providers to administer antivenin—medicine that neutralizes snake venom—if it turns out you need it, Williams said.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2023

Swelling waters have swept away villages, roads and bridges, and at one point inundated a third of Pakistan’s territory.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2022

People shrieked as splashes of the Swelling Solution hit them.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling