peripheral

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Each year in the UK, there are around 100,000 hospital admissions due to heart attacks, another 100,000 people experience a stroke and around 350,000 people live with peripheral arterial disease.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Places once peripheral to global politics, particularly the Arctic, have become new hot spots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Traditional CAR-NK approaches usually depend on mature NK cells collected from sources such as peripheral blood or cord blood.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

Traore, who has been a peripheral player for Fulham this season, came through Barcelona's youth system before joining Aston Villa in 2015.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

My bans drove me from the center of the struggle to the sidelines, from a role that was primary to one that was peripheral.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela