blood
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Yuan, her mother and her father all tested positive for elevated levels of cadmium in their blood in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Start by knowing your numbers, like your blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
To better understand the relationship between aging and autophagy, the researchers collected blood and skin samples from volunteers between the ages of 23 and 72.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
All four of her children have tested clear for high blood pressure.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Yes, gold. They can smell it from far away, and deep down in the earth. They smell it like a wolf smells blood, Robert.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Years ago, I was talking to my cousin—also English—about how one could find the Premiership compelling when only a small handful of upper-crust blue bloods ever have a shot at winning.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
And this one has delivered an epic Final Four of blue bloods who have all proven they can go the distance: France, Spain, England, and Argentina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
"It should be standard practice that bloods are taken and preserved because, by that not happening, our family has been left with no answers as to what caused Katie's death."
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
But those blue bloods are now singing the blues after falling in the quarterfinals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026
Grover had taken over the satyr seekers and was sending them out across the world to find unclaimed half- bloods.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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Triceratops was likely not fully warm blooded, but these structures may still have played an important role in controlling temperature and retaining moisture.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2026
Has now blooded an entire team of new caps during 2014 with Freddie Thomas, a second-half replacement against South Africa, the 15th uncapped player used this year.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2024
Some deep-sea fish, such as tuna and lamnid sharks, a family of large and speedy sharks, are partially warm blooded; they can divert body heat to specific organs even in icy temps.
From Science Magazine ● May 10, 2023
“Because they’re cold blooded animals, they regulate their body temperature as best they can based on the environment,” he said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
On well-grassed flats the blooded Herefords grazed, only looking up as we drove by in a cloud of dust.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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Phelan is now faced with the tricky task of blooding new recruits without upsetting the players who have served him so well thus far.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 9, 2016
But he says Rodgers has been "brave" for blooding the likes of Raheem Sterling and Andre Wisdom.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2013
This is in no small part due to the money the England and Wales Cricket Board have invested in blooding players for international cricket.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2012
Ferguson also stood by the club's refusal to compete with the likes of Manchester City in the transfer market, believing that his policy of blooding young players is preferable.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2012
Not worth the money; they are not blooding.
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Introductory
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