sickle
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The facade of the building betrays no affiliation—neither hammer nor sickle.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
The defective hemoglobin sticks to itself, causing normally flexible cells to stiffen into sickle shapes—a process sometimes called sickling—that block blood flow, damage organs and trigger excruciating pain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Studies have shown that sickle cell trait can be fatal when coupled with rhabdomyolysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Without any products on the market, Fulcrum Therapeutics had been striving to commercialize its experimental drug for sickle cell disease, but those plans appear to now be on hold.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Woolf glanced at War Admiral’s beautiful head, sweeping through the air like a sickle.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
These farmers used stone tools such as sickles and made simple jars to store their grain.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
“Even in the doctor’s office, in the cards that show up when we’re showing each of Puss’ deaths, there’s a fancy little border: It’s an icon of the Wolf with sickles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Eighteen-year-old Noor Mohammad and 25-year-old Ahmad keep swinging their sickles to clear a remaining metre of grain.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2022
The toddler’s red blood cells, shaped like sickles instead of disks, had gotten stuck in blood vessels to his brain, injuring their fragile linings and blocking blood flow.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2021
In the daytime the cows were turned into the high stubble and weeds which had been left by the harvest sickles.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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