arteries
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The break, which happened early Thursday, was on a riveted steel pipe from 1916 that forms the major arteries for water delivery from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution mainlines across Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Patients with enlarged arteries were more than four times more likely to have experienced a lacunar stroke.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
The analysis showed that narrowing of large arteries was not associated with lacunar stroke or with small vessel disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
He underwent his first heart transplant in October 2011, but just five months later, narrowing was discovered in his arteries.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
The streets of Easton, even the main arteries that they walked on, were sleepy, treelined roads.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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