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fluid

[floo-id] / ˈflu ɪd /




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Preliminary testing showed significant fluid around the cub’s heart and some congestion of the lungs.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

The researchers believe these swirling flows are evidence of Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities, a familiar phenomenon in fluid dynamics.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

FARGO, N.D.—Oak Reile was delivering a pallet of washer fluid, cigarettes and candy to a local convenience store in 2020 when he slipped and fell, breaking two vertebrae and paralyzing him from the armpits down.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

The police also said their inquiries will continue and a secondary sample of oral fluid was taken for further analysis.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The circus shifts around Celia, as fluid as one of Marco’s illusions.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities develop when two fluids move alongside one another at different speeds.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Elizabeth Hagerty told prison doctors she had heat rash covering her body and couldn’t keep fluids down; they sent her back to her cell, and she died two days later, a month short of release.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

A viral haemorrhagic fever, Ebola spreads through close contact and infected bodily fluids.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

On July 20, Jackie’s still weak and lethargic even after receiving fluids and nutritional support for emaciation, the video notes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

“The electrical current travels up the fluids in your brain, turning your head into an antenna.”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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