nosebleed
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of nosebleed
1400–50 as plant name; 1850–55 nosebleed for def. 1; late Middle English; see nose, bleed
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Today’s valuations are nowhere near the nosebleed levels many bears would have you believe.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
He starts his four-year term against a tangled web of war, inflation, nosebleed debt—and one of the sharpest and narrowest stock market rallies ever.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Narbé’s brother got his hands on a pair of nosebleed tickets and immediately handed them over to his soccer-loving relatives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Six figures for courtside, $10,000 for a nosebleed with a partial view of Larry David’s bald head, the price kept going up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
You know, like, “Ha-ha. Those silly doctors. Can you be-LIEVE they mistook a nosebleed for leukemia? It’s just so ridiculous!”
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
It ultimately lasted 112 days; sickened thousands with headaches, nosebleeds and nausea; and temporarily forced 8,000 families from their homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
To Todd, a resale market in which nosebleeds ran $8,000 Thursday is absurd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Two of their daughters have experienced frequent nosebleeds.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
I lived for weeks with steady pain, fainting spells, nosebleeds, and vision changes that made it difficult to function.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026
She let Desdemona worry about the diaper rashes and whooping coughs, the earaches and nosebleeds.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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