the bends
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I can see knots under the skin in the bends of his arm.
From Salon • Oct. 11, 2025
If a diver returns to the surface too quickly, the nitrogen bubbles don't have time to dissipate - leading to a dangerous condition known as decompression sickness, also known as the bends.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024
Even as global food prices rise, many people including Gueye’s clientele still favour imports over the rice grown along the bends of the Senegal river valley in the north.
From Reuters • Oct. 20, 2022
Tests later determined that a supersaturation event had caused gas bubbles inside the rays, similar to the bends in human scuba divers.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2022
The canoes traveled steadily, zigzagging along the bends in the river.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
