draw blood
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Olusanya spent about 30 minutes preparing for the 3 p.m. appointment, assembling equipment to draw blood, collect a urine sample and check the patient’s vitals and glucose levels.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
Every other day, I went back to the fertility clinic so the staff could monitor my vitals and draw blood.
From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2025
Lucy Liu’s 9-year-old son, Rockwell, hasn’t seen his mother draw blood in “Charlie’s Angels” or “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and certainly not in “Kill Bill, Vol. 1.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2024
“Hacks,” however, makes the battle entertaining, even when the characters we love draw blood.
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
“First, I’m going to give you a quick checkup. Then we’re going to run some tests. Not awful tests, but we have to draw blood and you have to pee in a cup.”
From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos
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