stroke
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The study focused on major adverse cardiovascular events, including heart attack, stroke and death.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Participants were followed for an average of seven to eight years so researchers could track whether they developed high blood pressure or cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, stroke, or angina.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
She served in Ohio’s state legislature for nearly a decade and spent the first part of her political career working from a wheelchair after suffering a stroke in 2000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Nothing stops these beloved performers from going on stage—not age, not cancer and not even a stroke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
A stroke of good luck had brought him a midnight visit from a debt-ridden messenger with a valuable ring.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
She turned on a heart-shaped computer light, stroked back her long hair and unmuted herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Michael Phelps crawl stroked away from his first retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
She said while he was "not a good sleeper" he quickly went back to sleep by having his head stroked.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
On Thursday, Bethell cracked a switch hit off Varun Chakravarthy, played a delicate reverse scoop off Hardik Pandya and, with flowing hands and flashing wrists, stroked the ball to all parts.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Beside me, Charlie stroked his smooth chin and suddenly jerked.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The movie shows this discovery as a tender moment, with only a few days passing and Almásy lying next to Katharine’s recently deceased body, stroking her hair.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Ms. Waller-Bridge was almost as funny as Jean Smart in “Hacks,” which lost the Emmy to Seth Rogen’s wobbly vehicle “The Studio,” another example of the industry stroking itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
His ways of coping include going for walks along the beach, playing golf or stroking his highland cows.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
Rohit used his experience to get through a testing opening spell from Josh Hazlewood before letting loose, stroking seven fours and two sixes in his 97-ball stay.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
He was not even distracted by Silent Sam who sat upon his knee, stroking his whiskers with a sticky paw.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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