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fluid

[floo-id] / ˈflu ɪd /




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But Barca's opening bid for a player out of contract next summer was only £38.5m but the situation remains fluid.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

In commentary published Thursday, Buchbinder explains that the stock market’s relationship with bonds is fluid.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

In more open areas around the brain, including the space near the surface between the skull and the brain, the water-like fluid travels at a few microns per second.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

Scientists still do not fully understand how this system works, including one important detail: how quickly the fluid moves around and through the brain.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

The boy put some light yellow fluid on the towel and touched it gently to her cheek.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

The process of hydraulic fracturing ekes out oil from older wells, and involves cracking the bedrock several thousand feet below the seafloor by injecting chemical fluids with intense pressure.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Health workers need to be fully protected as the virus can spread from touching bodily fluids.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

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

“Sure,” I said with false bravery, and stupidly took a step forward which was a mistake, because next to my foot was a bucket filled with thick human fluids.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos




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