inflammatory
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"What should I eat?" is one of the most common questions people with inflammatory bowel disease ask their doctors.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
The author argues that Bovino’s inflammatory rhetoric and theatrical enforcement style backfired, with his unsubstantiated claim that slain ICU nurse Alex Pretti wanted to “massacre law enforcement” particularly damaging public perception of immigration enforcement efforts.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
"In addition, LC-Mo correlated with the severity of fatigue and respiratory symptoms and was associated with elevated cytokine levels in blood plasma, which are an indicator of inflammatory processes in the body."
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026
Petrol retailers have strongly denied price-gouging, and earlier this month criticised the government for using "inflammatory language".
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
It was some of the men they’d turned away who’d given Hardin’s Tower its new, inflammatory name.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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