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The thing looked like a glider with a jet engine, its wings twice as long as its body, so long they drooped when the plane was at rest.

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Mark's speech started to go, and one side of his face drooped - classic stroke symptoms.

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Skipping these safeguards raises the risk of complications such as drooping eyelids, headaches or, in rare cases, respiratory failure or death.

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A true rock ’n’ roll persona, the artist was once rarely seen without a drooping cigarette and a top hat, the latter of which could barely contain his face-engulfing curly hair.

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Doctors at Sunderland Royal Hospital were initially baffled and diagnosed her with ptosis, an eye condition characterised by the drooping of the upper eyelid, and told her to go home to rest.

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