stroke
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Some executives and investors said they perceived that his mental acuity had deteriorated compared with before the stroke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
French newspaper Le Figaro reported Kavinsky had been complaining of headaches for several days, and authorities think he may have had a stroke.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
A necropsy found that the dog died of heat stroke, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Of the seven peptides reviewed by the FDA advisory committee, semax is the only one that’s approved in any country: In Russia, it’s used to treat stroke and optic-nerve conditions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Then, as if the decline were contagious, two weeks before Christmas, Grandpa Dodzi had a stroke.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Michael Phelps crawl stroked away from his first retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Alice Capsey stroked 40 and Heather Knight 25 but most impressive was a barnstorming unbroken partnership of 61 from just 21 balls from Freya Kemp and Dani Gibson.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Noah Okafor then stroked home an equaliser after a goalmouth scramble to further edge Leeds clear of the relegation zone.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Pundits who failed to predict the operation in the first place gravely stroked their chins before intoning that the Venezuelan adventure must inevitably fail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
Her hands stroked the cheeses in her lap as though they were cats.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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
"The begonia is not well," she answers, stroking one plump bud near its stem.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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