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blood

[bluhd] / blʌd /




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Take the case of Bristol Myers’ blood cancer therapy Revlimid.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

There are restrictions on who can donate blood including limits on those who have recently travelled to particular areas.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Anyone wishing to donate blood can sign up on the NHS Blood Donation website,, external external or use the app to register and book an appointment.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

“Better late than never,” said Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim, noting how closely Taiwan had studied how Ukrainian drone units built asymmetric warfare capabilities from the “battlefield of blood and tears.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

“The Listener gives his heart’s blood to the Mountain.”

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

My socials are inundated with videos of enthusiastic clients filming themselves in scan machines, getting their bloods taken and testing their grip strength.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Miami falls into an awkward middle ground that the blue bloods often avoid.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 2, 2026

Mrs Lord went to the hospital on 19 May 2023 to have bloods taken and for a decision to be made on what investigations may be needed in future.

From BBC Nov. 17, 2025

McAllister was one particularly snooty voice, but it was clear to everyone that he spoke with the sanction of New York’s blue bloods.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

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

Species of warm- blooded animals, for example, tend to have larger bodies in the cooler climates closer to the earth’s poles, allowing them to better conserve heat.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

To Estha—steeped in the smell of old roses, blooded on memories of a broken man—the fact that something so fragile, so unbearably tender had survived, had been allowed to exist, was a miracle.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

I think it was a good way of blooding him on his international debut.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2024

In the meantime, Dave Sarachan has been operating as interim head coach and dutifully going about blooding a series of young players in some tough friendlies.

From The Guardian Sep. 11, 2018

"I'd rather go through the tough times now than be blooding young players with no experience in the 2015 World Cup in our own backyard," warned Lancaster flatly.

From The Guardian Mar. 19, 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

"She had a fainting-fit just now in His Majesty's presence; and they have been blooding her."

From Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson




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