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shunt

[shuhnt] / ʃʌnt /






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Funders shunt capital from around the world into U.S. lawsuits, taking a cut of any recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Born 24 weeks premature, she has cerebral palsy, a partial visual impairment and a shunt.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

Alternatively, Fin Smith himself has been training at inside centre, primed, in the case of injury, to shunt out one spot to make way for Marcus.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

She is currently living on $1,206 a month in and out of her van with a failing shunt in her head, which doctors implanted to treat her cyst.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

Immediately, even before I left the platform, I tried to shunt all memory of the event from me.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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