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bladder

[blad-er] / ˈblæd ər /


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These days, Nolan is known for films with runtimes so long they test your bladder.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

These therapies have produced major benefits in several cancers, including liver, lung, kidney, and bladder cancers, as well as melanoma.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

This large fish is targeted because its swim bladder commands high prices on international black markets.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

A normal bladder can hold between 300ml to 600ml of urine.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

When the mercury dropped, the bladder was left behind and swelled up as if it had been pumped full of air.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

U.S. bases and installations throughout the Indo-Pacific—such as in Japan, the Philippines and Guam—are in desperate need of hardened aircraft shelters, air defenses, reinforced munitions storage bunkers and fuel bladders.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

Trucks haul in what’s needed, and enormous bladders collect what’s been used.

From Salon Nov. 25, 2024

These bladders create an internal vacuum and are closed by a special 'trap door'.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2024

But this artistic rationale is being pushed to its limits - with audience bladders left bursting as directors are empowered like never before.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

He looked like a figure out of a Tarzan movie; he was dressed in animal bones, shells, bladders and skins, and his fat body and deadpan face were caked with red clay.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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