stroke
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Drinking caffeinated coffee without added sugars, flavors, or cream was associated with lower risks of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and some irregular heart rhythms.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Bryson DeChambeau thought he had finished Day 2 of the British Open in second place and just one stroke off the lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
An operation to life the 48-year-old's eyelid after a minor stroke left her with huge swelling that covered her eye.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Mom told me he’d had a massive stroke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
And then Gower was off and swimming, a strong breast stroke, making lateral headway but also being carried downstream, until he disappeared, at least from sight.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
Michael Phelps crawl stroked away from his first retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Alice Capsey stroked 40 and Heather Knight 25 but most impressive was a barnstorming unbroken partnership of 61 from just 21 balls from Freya Kemp and Dani Gibson.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
The Ghanaian stroked in his first Premier League goal in sky blue during a 2-0 win over Wolves after netting in the FA Cup and League Cup on his first two City appearances.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Pundits who failed to predict the operation in the first place gravely stroked their chins before intoning that the Venezuelan adventure must inevitably fail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
I stroked her hair, wondering what would happen to her.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
There were only 22 seconds between Sam Burns completing his final round and Fox stroking home the 11-footer on Royal Birkdale's 18th green.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Ms. Waller-Bridge was almost as funny as Jean Smart in “Hacks,” which lost the Emmy to Seth Rogen’s wobbly vehicle “The Studio,” another example of the industry stroking itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Rohit used his experience to get through a testing opening spell from Josh Hazlewood before letting loose, stroking seven fours and two sixes in his 97-ball stay.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
Because like when she does the chime stroking things or like, the brush strokes, which are the really soft sounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
Mom started stroking my hair again, but she didn’t say anything.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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