anemia

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Recent Examples of anemia Some of the symptoms of iron-deficiency anemia include fatigue, weakness and paleness. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026 This tool could be a game-changer in underserved areas, where maternal health, including complications from anemia, is a big concern. Peter Shen, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026 The owl is suffering from severe anemia and poor clotting, and was in the fifth day of his treatment on Tuesday at the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center. Noel Brennan, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026 Not consuming enough iron, losing too much iron, or not being able to effectively absorb iron from food and supplements can lead to low iron stores and, eventually, iron deficiency anemia. Jillian Kubala, Health, 21 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for anemia
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Noun
  • But the flip side of such routine is the potential for boredom and lethargy.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Emery’s side appeared strangely leggy, as if having a week between games caused more lethargy than looking well-rested.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Leisure bred laziness; coddling meant spoiling.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Pearce accused her of laziness.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Part of his great accomplishment was to take the European aesthetic of beauty and redefine it for the South, with its heat and its billboards, its indolence and humor and thick nights.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Some part of Baudelaire’s lifelong free-spending and indolence seems to be a direct rebellion against the man, if not outright Freudian jealousy—Charles was an unabashed mama’s boy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • At higher doses, kratom reduces anxiety and causes sleepiness, the way strong pain drugs like opioids (heroin or fentanyl) do.
    Gary Kirkilas II, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
  • In the short term, caffeine in coffee works by blocking adenosine, a neurotransmitter (brain chemical) involved in promoting sleepiness.
    Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 21 Jan. 2026

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