atrium
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Both men fell into the atrium stairwell at the Galeon Playa Apartments in the resort town of Costa Teguise after a night out.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The left atrium receives oxygen rich blood returning from the lungs, while the left ventricle pumps that blood throughout the body.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The main atrium, or as I call it the “Hall of Mirrors,” is kind of compressed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
On Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil will be held in the atrium of St Peter's Basilica.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
The lights were on in the office, but whoever was in charge of processing IDs hadn’t started yet, which meant that everyone had to wait outside in the atrium or somewhere else nearby.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
La Gerche’s team, which also includes Elliott, will track whether there’s rubbing of the atria against the spine that leads to inflammation and later AF.
From Science Magazine ● May 14, 2024
In AF, the upper chambers of the heart, called the atria, beat erratically and at runaway speeds, out of sync with the lower chambers.
From Science Magazine ● May 14, 2024
The right ventricle is one of the heart's four chambers, along with the left ventricle and the left and right atria.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2023
Premature atrial contractions are a type of irregular heartbeat that emanates from the top chambers of the heart, called the atria, while premature ventricular contractions come from the bottom chambers, called the ventricles.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2023
My arms are atria and my legs are ventricles and I pump the blood all around the right way because there has to be something I can do.
From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
But its soaring atriums decorated with onyx and green marble could hardly be better calculated to induce jealousy in Trump, who frequently raves about the opulent dwellings of other foreign leaders.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
This is an attraction, from the queue to its ending, of constant reveals — tunnels give way to gorgeous atriums, and each set piece aims to be larger, more lively than the last.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
“We’ll do anything from big atriums to desk plants on file cabinets.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
She filled atriums with clouds of knotted thread, and she wrapped cryptic messages around shoemakers’ wooden foot forms.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2020
This temple was huge, a maze of chambers and halls and atriums.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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