relieving

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Hormone therapy remains the most effective first-line option for relieving common menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats, which affect up to 75% of postmenopausal women.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

The grid operator says the spending, the largest amount it has ever approved at once, will help maintain grid reliability by transporting power from new power plants and relieving stress on the network.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

According to their lawyers, from Leigh Day, they were denied toilet breaks and forced to work "upwards of 12 hours at a time without relieving themselves".

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

It has some evident benefits in relieving doctors of the back-office routines that consume hours better spent treating patients, such as filing insurance claims and scheduling appointments.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

The animal has another original use for its urine: in hot, dry weather it will cool itself by relieving its bladder on the ground and stirring up a refreshing mud bath with its paws.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel