strokes
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The team then induced permanent strokes in mice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Rory McIlroy stayed in contention with a five-under 67 to sit four strokes behind second-round leader Ryan Gerard at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
If “Crew Girl” is formulaic in its broad strokes, nice details are worked in among them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Mladic died last week after suffering several strokes while serving a life sentence in The Hague for war crimes committed during the 1990s war in Bosnia.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
Anastasia had long hair and every night she tried to brush it, she had told Sam, one hundred strokes.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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