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[bluhd] / blʌd /




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"Unfortunately, our losses, our blood, our military experience is beneficial to all of you guys. You can get this experience for all the assistance that you give us."

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

This reduces the amount of insulin required to regulate blood sugar.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

Regular activity can also help regulate appetite and blood glucose, which may help reduce cravings and limit overeating.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

There is a lot of bad blood between the Sussexes and the tabloid press.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

It smelt of reindeer and red deer and beaver, and fresh blood -and something else: a new smell that he hadn’t yet learnt.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

"We want it to be made mandatory that when someone arrives at the mortuary then bloods should be taken," she said.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 2, 2026

The agency demanded evidence from an “adequate and well-controlled trial” to prove that reducing the protein in patients’ bloods improves patient outcomes.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

But those blue bloods are now singing the blues after falling in the quarterfinals.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 2, 2026

Now came the suitors, young bloods trooping in to their own seats on thrones or easy chairs.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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

Steve Borthwick blooded five new players and a lot could have gone wrong, but there were some good individual performances in the 27-24 win.

From BBC Feb. 4, 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

Now they had been blooded, she did not speak to them like schoolgirls.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Seen by many as an inconvenience in an already congested calendar, the EFL Cup remains essential when it comes to blooding emerging Premier League talent.

From BBC Sep. 25, 2024

The north London club have retained their core of international players, while blooding youngsters last season and allowing others to gain experience from loan spells.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2021

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

And for this match at the Kennington Oval, a desperate England were blooding eight new internationals, including a 17-year-old whelp, James Prinsep.

From The Guardian Feb. 11, 2011

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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