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hemorrhage

[hem-er-ij, hem-rij] / ˈhɛm ər ɪdʒ, ˈhɛm rɪdʒ /


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Kikuo Hatakeyama, 72, has served as the mayor of Hachirogata in north-east Japan since 2008, but fell ill in February and suffered a brain hemorrhage.

From BBC May 9, 2026

Money continues to hemorrhage, as does the roster of big-name golfers.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

The researchers also found strong evidence that daily aspirin increases the risk of serious extracranial hemorrhage and likely raises the risk of hemorrhagic stroke.

From Science Daily Mar. 4, 2026

But had her hemorrhage happened on the day of the hurricane, she may have bled to death.

From Slate Oct. 21, 2025

Katie had such a fit of giggling that she was afraid she’d bring on a hemorrhage.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Monoclonal antibodies that are indicated for the early treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, for example, have a risk of brain hemorrhages and bleeds.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

Acute exposure by inhalation can cause respiratory issues such as difficulty breathing, congestion, edema and lung hemorrhages, while oral ingestion can cause adverse effects in the blood and thyroid.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2025

Fluffy white clouds and red hemorrhages, the work of cytomegalovirus, bloomed across patients’ retinas until they went blind.

From Slate Jan. 31, 2025

For the study, researchers looked at 4,879 people who had ruptured brain aneurysms, called aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhages.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2024

In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

But as this upstart took on the PGA Tour, LIV struggled to gain a commercial foothold and hemorrhaged money after teeing off in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The early days were rife with failure and the operation hemorrhaged money.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

The company has secured prime rights for major leagues and competitions across Europe and beyond, though it has hemorrhaged considerable amounts of cash along the way.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2024

I started my career at local newspapers, which hemorrhaged revenue as advertising moved online.

From Slate Dec. 3, 2023

They had both hemorrhaged badly, and blood plasma was in short supply our needs being low on the wartime priority list.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

As the Times story and a recent report in the Wall Street Journal make clear, Martin is also hemorrhaging the party’s confidence and loyalty.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

“Sometimes I think I can feel the planet just hemorrhaging under all this greed. Like it’s tectonic,” she laments.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

“They’re saving on equipment but hemorrhaging men instead. The approach is yielding diminishing gains,” said Michael Kofman, an expert on the Russian military at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

Misoprostol has been available by prescription for decades as a treatment for stomach ulcers and to manage postpartum hemorrhaging.

From BBC May 1, 2026

But eventually I started to see why the business was hemorrhaging money.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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