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Recent Examples of lifeblood
Oil became the lifeblood of Nigeria’s economy, accounting for 87 percent of its foreign revenues.
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Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
Since diesel is the lifeblood of the supply chain, a sudden rise in fuel costs will all but certainly result in higher prices charged by wholesalers in response to elevated transport expenses, some analysts said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
This dedication is, according to Hinamoto, the lifeblood of the industry—the uncelebrated workers whose craftsmanship ensures the survival and global reverence of Japanese denim.
—Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026
Heavily stylized visuals, elaborate practical effects, heightened performances, and precise editing are horror’s lifeblood — and yet that same intensity is often used to dismiss the genre as cheap or banal.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
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Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
Since diesel is the lifeblood of the supply chain, a sudden rise in fuel costs will all but certainly result in higher prices charged by wholesalers in response to elevated transport expenses, some analysts said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
This dedication is, according to Hinamoto, the lifeblood of the industry—the uncelebrated workers whose craftsmanship ensures the survival and global reverence of Japanese denim.
—Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026
Heavily stylized visuals, elaborate practical effects, heightened performances, and precise editing are horror’s lifeblood — and yet that same intensity is often used to dismiss the genre as cheap or banal.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeblood
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The technology is sweeping almost every profession while also creeping into people’s personal lives, sometimes with devastating consequences.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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No mean feat, considering the brand’s first 24 hotels are set in remote, leafy locations that feel worlds away from real life.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Young Alfred Tennyson grew up in a similarly provincial bit of England, tucked away in his father’s vicarage on a remote part of the east coast of England in a village of fewer than a hundred souls.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Because this energy is centered in Scorpio and Cancer, we’re blessed with the depth of soul needed to accept the true needs of others and ourselves.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ancient Mayans later believed cenotes were sacred portals to the underworld, where gods and spirits dwelled.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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By the 1980s, the mob had slowed, but some say the spirit of the mafia never left Gaetano's basement.—
Kennedy Cook,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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And for better or worse, practitioners have always stood at the ready, prepared to intervene when our chakras seemed blocked; when our humors seemed unbalanced; when our meridians surely became constricted; when our orgone levels were all out of whack.—
Ashley Fetters Maloy,
Washington Post,
10 July 2023
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And then there was orgone, discovered, or imagined, by Wilhelm Reich, the Austrian psychoanalyst and fallen Freudian.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
1 Nov. 2021
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“Lifeblood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeblood. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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