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pill

[pil] / pɪl /
NOUN
capsule of medicine
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NOUN
person who is annoying
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What if easing knee arthritis pain did not require another pill, an injection, or surgery, but simply changing how you walk?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

It’s testing eloralintide and its GLP-1 pill Foundayo to see if either can lessen osteoarthritis pain.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

He said: "We employed 14 or 15 people here but we've had to let everyone go. It's a bitter pill to swallow."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Eli Lilly doubles down on its pipeline with new data for weight-loss pill Foundayo and next-generation combo drug EloraTZP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Given that Russia was at this point at the very vanguard of modernism it was a bitter pill to swallow, and understandably so.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

After about a year, I found a doctor specializing in menopause who prescribed an estrogen patch, testosterone cream and progesterone pills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Rather than a typical medical clinic, it provides women with access to resources, including pills, and a space to be able to seek support or carry out the pharmacological abortion.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Some antibiotics, contraceptive pills and other prescription medicines can have the opposite effect, allowing caffeine to stay trapped in the body for longer and prolonging the effects.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Adults build little accommodations for themselves all day long; we put the pills beside the toothbrush, buy the pre-cut fruit, turn on a podcast to make folding laundry bearable.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

The next step was to get the pills to the Cuban capital of Havana, where Rosselli had a contact who knew a waiter at a restaurant where Castro often dined.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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