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bladder

[blad-er] / ˈblæd ər /


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The result is especially notable because sharks lack the gas filled swim bladder found in many bony fish.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Tyra Biosciences and Johnson & Johnson are pursuing their own approaches to treating a common, early-stage form of bladder cancer.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

My friend Brenna pays $77 monthly for pet insurance, which she says saved her thousands of dollars when her dog Honey had a bladder infection last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Researchers hope it could reduce the number of patients needing urgent, more invasive procedures, called cystoscopies, which involve inserting a small camera up the urethra and into the bladder.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Laughter that weakened her knees and pressed her bladder into action.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

U.S. bases and installations throughout the Indo-Pacific—such as in Japan, the Philippines and Guam—are in desperate need of hardened aircraft shelters, air defenses, reinforced munitions storage bunkers and fuel bladders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Trucks haul in what’s needed, and enormous bladders collect what’s been used.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

These bladders create an internal vacuum and are closed by a special 'trap door'.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024

But this artistic rationale is being pushed to its limits - with audience bladders left bursting as directors are empowered like never before.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024

“They don’t have swim bladders, so heavy bones would make them sink.”

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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