compression
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The Spaniard was wearing a compression sleeve on his right arm, and the skin fade of earlier in the year has been replaced by a mop of black hair.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
It’s a great example of the more impressionistic lyrics on this record; they’re still telling the same kind of stories but with more compression, more editing, retaining what’s essential and rejecting anything extraneous.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
At Tower 208, a component known as a compression paddle was not securely bonded to the pylon, allowing debris to form and creating a dangerous air pocket, the filing said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Investors still aren’t thrilled with the soft market, pricing stocks as if the margin compression will continue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Most important, both featured Pocock’s trademark camber, the slight curvature that gave them compression, spring, and liveliness in the water.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
"When I started the chest compressions, it began moving its legs. The more it moved, the more I kept going," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Responders tried to resuscitate her with chest compressions and transferred her to a hospital, according to the report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
While Anaya hooked up her AED machine to the coach, Murray continued chest compressions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
This can be "hands-only" CPR to deliver timely chest compressions to get blood pumping.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
Everyone prepares to take him from the water, wrap him in blankets, give him rescue breaths and chest compressions, all while they bring him to the ambulance.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Vocabulary lists containing compression
Plate Tectonics - Middle School
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