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organ

[awr-guhn] / ˈɔr gən /


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The conclusion, a wordless moment between father and daughter set to the strains of Bach played on a broken pipe organ, was the most devastating passage of the entire festival.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

As they strolled through Tiananmen Square in Beijing last September, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to muse over the possibility that organ transplants could dramatically extend human life.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

"Ferroptosis is not only relevant to cancer. Increasing evidence suggests that it also contributes to pathological processes in neurodegenerative diseases and in tissue damage following organ transplantation or ischemia-reperfusion injury."

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

One of Mr. Feiler’s most compelling arguments about rituals is that they are unnecessary—we do not need them to donate an organ, to end a life or start another one.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Ben was standing on the bottom step listening to this news, trying to absorb it, but feeling it rejected like a transplanted organ.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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