sickle

The facade of the building betrays no affiliation—neither hammer nor sickle.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

The defective hemoglobin sticks to itself, causing normally flexible cells to stiffen into sickle shapes—a process sometimes called sickling—that block blood flow, damage organs and trigger excruciating pain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The court heard that the child also had sickle cell disease, which complicated the operation and increased the potential need for a blood transfusion.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

In the lawsuit, Dickey’s parents alleged that Bucknell athletic trainers and coaches knew their son had sickle cell trait and failed to take steps to ensure precautions were in place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

But what made a red blood cell acquire a sickle shape?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Even in the doctor’s office, in the cards that show up when we’re showing each of Puss’ deaths, there’s a fancy little border: It’s an icon of the Wolf with sickles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

Eighteen-year-old Noor Mohammad and 25-year-old Ahmad keep swinging their sickles to clear a remaining metre of grain.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2022

The toddler’s red blood cells, shaped like sickles instead of disks, had gotten stuck in blood vessels to his brain, injuring their fragile linings and blocking blood flow.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2021

Her Mexican still lifes, with cartridge belts and sickles piled on guitars, exploit the activist potential of visual beauty, though, disappointingly, the show offers no fresh insights into them, or into Modotti’s heavily mythologized life.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2015

I just spin my sickles in my hand, relishing their comfortable weight.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland