vein
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Disappointments are guaranteed in football, he said, before opening out in a more positive vein and stating firmly: "Keep believing in us. Our time will come."
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Venous thromboembolism refers to dangerous blood clots that form in a vein and may travel to the lungs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Jealous Lover” is a spacious, soul-inflected number in the vein of “Beast of Burden” that allows Mr. Jagger to indulge his Curtis Mayfield-style falsetto.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
On the one hand, we get what he’s saying: He won the nomination, so a candidate in his vein should take up the mantle.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
In the same vein, all the heroic portraits of the great men were romanticized distortions.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
With lifelike features, including muscles and veins, it’s finer aesthetically but less distinctive than earlier pieces, and suggests the denouement of their separate culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Johnson’s carapace is detailed with skin-like textures, swollen bicep veins and living tattoos that offer him encouragement and advice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
After carefully mapping the pores and veins, Navlakha and Zheng found that the leaf structure naturally forms a Voronoi pattern.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
The legacy of Apollo runs deeply through the veins of this mission.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
I looked down at my hands, wondering if I could see the spinning blood in my veins.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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