arteries
Example Sentences
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Gyirong had also become one of the main arteries linking Nepal and China.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Major arteries for trade and agriculture across the continent—including the Rhine, Danube and Po—are now at record low levels, disrupting freight transportation, forcing nuclear power plants to shut reactors and eroding agricultural productivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Thursday’s break was on a riveted steel pipe from 1916 that is part of the system of major arteries that deliver water from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution mainlines across Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Instead, the strongest link appears to be with changes in the brain's blood vessels themselves, specifically the enlargement and widening of arteries.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
The problem was that my heart, veins, and arteries had gotten used to weightlessness and needed a little while to readjust to gravity.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
