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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

Modern balls often have multiple layers, including "a bladder, then a textile layer, then foam and another few layers like that," said Phillips.

From BBC Jun. 27, 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

My bladder verged on explosion because of the crazy amount of water we were forced to drink to stay hydrated.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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

We feel the pressure of sore backs and full bladders.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2025

In Germany emerged so-called "Herod games" in which people would reportedly stage mock attacks on churches and assail bystanders with inflated animal bladders to ridicule the cruel absurdity of the Judean king.

From Salon Dec. 23, 2024

Utricularia vulgaris, also known as a bladderwort, is a carnivorous plant that traps its prey using specialized hollow, water filled trap bladders.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 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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