swollen
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He was taken to Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham, where Olivia was told his brain was swollen and multiple organs were failing.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Another concertgoer wrote that Sykes’ face was visibly swollen by the end of the show, and additional videos from the concert show him performing with a fresh welt near his eye.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
“The rain has swollen the river to a thick brown muscle, humped up in the middle by its own force,” Cal notices, inspecting the ground where Rachel’s body was found.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
"He had a lot of edema, his face was very swollen, there was edema on his limbs, and a globular abdomen, like a balloon."
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
“No thank you, I’m rather busy” is what I meant to say, but that’s not what came out through my swollen lips.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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