arteries
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Shortly after parliament enacted the infrastructure bill, red and white barriers began popping up across the capital, shutting down vital arteries.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Get on the freeway and you understand the whole body of the city at once: the arteries, the pulse, the scale of the thing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
The ship, also linked to the Kremlin’s deep-sea unit, has crisscrossed the globe for a decade mapping vital arteries for the global economy that run along the sea floor, Western officials say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The depth of the scarring from this conflict, on gas supply, and on control of one of the world's key economic arteries, remains an open question.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
And for students there are sharks with the blood drained out and yellow and blue color substituted in veins and arteries, so that you may follow the systems with a scalpel.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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