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blood

[bluhd] / blʌd /




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For the Premier League's biggest clubs, this competition is usually an opportunity to blood youngsters and give fringe players valuable minutes.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Because the donor marrow produced normal red blood cells, her SCD was cured.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

A request for a whole-body MRI or multi-cancer blood test should lead to a careful review of family history, inherited risk, exposures, vaccinations, and whether established screening is up to date.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

Metformin is best known for helping control blood sugar, but scientists have also been studying whether it can influence biological pathways associated with aging.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

But she could no longer stamp her feet as the rest of us did to keep the blood flowing.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

"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

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

Haemoglobin is a protein found in the red bloods cells that carry oxygen around the body.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2025

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

Toxoplasma gondii is a potentially dangerous parasite that infects warm blooded animals.

From Science Daily Feb. 16, 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

The steel points of pikes flamed red with sunlight, as if already blooded, while the pavilions of the knights and high lords sprouted from the grass like silken mushrooms.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

There was the odd highlight, of course, namely beating Scotland 3-0 in Dublin in the Nations League, but Kenny's main legacy will be his role in blooding the Republic's next generation.

From BBC Nov. 22, 2023

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

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

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

"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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