nosebleed
Americannoun
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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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He received treatment on the issue on three separate occasions, with the final nosebleed arriving as he was serving to stay in the match at 5-4 down in the deciding set.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Today’s valuations are nowhere near the nosebleed levels many bears would have you believe.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 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
So OK, here’s October 7th with theAlper family.Wake up as normal people.Younger son gets nosebleed.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
Detained immigrants quickly began experiencing the effects, the lawsuit claimed, including nosebleeds, headaches and dizziness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
It sometimes took years for people to find out that their headaches or nosebleeds or breathing pains and nausea could be traced back to that business maybe only a few blocks away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
To Todd, a resale market in which nosebleeds ran $8,000 Thursday is absurd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Mamdani was spotted by fans at a Knicks playoff game against the Cleveland Cavaliers last month, again sitting in the nosebleeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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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