arteries
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He said the attacks are “a systematic threat to the arteries of the world’s energy supply and to the safety of those who keep them flowing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Thursday’s fracture was on a steel pipe that forms the major arteries for water delivery from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution lines across Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Patients with enlarged arteries were more than four times more likely to have experienced a lacunar stroke.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
He underwent his first heart transplant in October 2011, but just five months later, narrowing was discovered in his arteries.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
There are exact miles of arteries; there is the exact force of its beat.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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