vein
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Pike, he said, had helped the execution team find a vein in her arm, and she was kind and polite while she was being injected.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
One possibility, a huge possibility, is that the catheter became dislodged from her vein and then was spilling the drugs into the surrounding tissue.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
How did you see a Southern California vein begin to appear in punk?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The Illinois-based equipment maker is rolling out a conversational AI assistant in the vein of ChatGPT or Anthropic’s Claude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The red corded vein in Jake’s forehead swelled angrily.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Pike's lawyers had warned before the execution attempt that she has small veins and thrombocytosis, a blood-clotting condition that would complicate the procedure.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The court filing described pentobarbital as a caustic substance that burns skin, tissue and veins.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
These veins contain minerals including calcium sulfate and fluorite.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
He did so on various grounds, including that they had not examined Pike before rendering an opinion about whether her veins were too small to handle the required IV placement.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Ever since Galen, it had been thought that the veins and the arteries carried different substances—two kinds of blood.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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