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Osteoarthritis develops when the cartilage cushioning the ends of bones wears down, leading to swelling, stiffness, and discomfort.

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Central Asian countries can lower unemployment and poverty rates, quelling potential unrest among their swelling young populations.

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The White House has argued in part that higher education has become a haven for woke indoctrination and that schools aren’t doing enough with their swelling endowments to help students.

Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and Nigeria kept alive hopes of swelling the African representation to 10 nations by finishing as the four best-ranked runners-up.

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Published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, the study presents the first noninvasive approach for measuring "microvascular volumetric pulsatility" -- the rhythmic swelling and shrinking of tiny blood vessels -- in living humans.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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