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Also, your heart rate spikes, your blood pressure soars, the blood vessels in your extremities constrict to keep warm blood near your core and you begin to gasp involuntarily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

And while concerns about artificial-intelligence disruption have taken center stage as of late, the firm’s core business model, which centers on massive projects for large enterprises, has faced pressure as customers’ IT spending budgets constrict.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

The team found that this brain region is also linked to nerves that constrict blood vessels, which increases blood pressure.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026

Tina explains the appeal comes from the fact that the "cold exposure causes blood vessels to constrict, which can reduce swelling".

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

The epithelial cells have the ability to constrict to change the absorption of light, controlling the subject’s color and texture on a cell-by-bell basis.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Such reactions can range from responses with “no clinical manifestations” to irritating rashes to life-threatening conditions such as anaphylactic shock, which constricts breathing and impairs motor function.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026

They expect Akamai’s core content-delivery business, which centers on moving data across the internet, to transition from a double-digit decliner to generally stable as the industry constricts and traffic trends improve.

From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026

These two brief scenes quickly and credibly evoke a complex bond, and a family life that constricts in some ways and comforts in others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

The Channel Islands can also act as a “shield” that constricts sound within the Santa Barbara Channel, enabling noise to rattle around more than it would in deeper, more open ocean waters, according to ZoBell.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2024

Any system that constricts teachers—holds them to small-bore metrics, punishes them for forces outside their control, discourages their creativity and spontaneity, chips away at their humanity—is a bad system.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

But the combined weight of the Covid pandemic, China's spiralling property slump and constricted borrowing limits for its citizens have sunk those sky-high ambitions, and all but ground the project to a standstill.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Physical capacity across the world is constricted by a variety of chokepoints, some natural like Hormuz, some man-made like tariffs.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

This constricted geographical footprint matters for Moderna from a revenue perspective.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

"Big picture, if your vessels are more constricted and your ability to break down blood clots is lowered, your risk of stroke goes up," said Berry.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2026

In any case, there they hang, their backs and mouths stiff, their breasts constricted, their faces pinched, their caps starched, their skin grayish white, guarding the room with their narrowed eyes.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

In commodities, the team favors base industrial metals like aluminum, nickel, lead, and zinc, as artificial-intelligence and military buildouts increase demand while reinvestment rates by miners remain low, constricting supply.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

Like the milieu in which they’re set, prison movies can be terribly constricting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

Historically low mortgage rates followed by inflation fueled price appreciation and resulted in a lock-in effect for owners that is constricting the supply of homes for sale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

The album capped a lengthy, constricting record label contract that Charli had been trying to optimize for years, to varying success.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026

There was another constricting thought that kept me from work.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright