formation
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Sunharbo works differently, blocking a protein that drives clot formation called Factor XI, which is how it helps prevent strokes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
But then you make all the changes with the support from the board, you bring all these new players in and I think there was never a stable formation either.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Constant changes in formation and personnel - and another disappointing defeat.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Pimentel also had planned to join 39 other women from 12 countries in Arizona this month in an attempt to set a world record for the largest women’s upright formation, the report states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Panicking, the 588th pilots broke formation and tried to escape.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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It’s not yet a destination for data-center developers, but most of the state sits on the Marcellus shale, one of the most prolific natural-gas-producing formations in the United States.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Cappadocia region attracts tourists from around the world, who want to see the ancient fairy chimneys - tall, cone-shaped rock formations that are created by volcanic activity.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Turkey's Cappadocia region, a magnet for tourists from around the world, is home to cone-shaped rock formations known as "fairy chimneys", created by ancient volcanic activity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Your second shot is blind—you can’t see the green, which is set between large, jagged rock formations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
When it came and Brother Hinton was taken to Harlem Hospital, we Muslims followed, in loose formations, for about fifteen blocks along Lenox Avenue, probably the busiest thoroughfare in Harlem.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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