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Recent Examples of distension
Difficulty in breathing, weakness of other muscles, abdominal distension, and constipation may also be common symptoms.
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
This produces gases like hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane, which can cause abdominal pain, bloating, distension, and diarrhea.18
Several methods can reduce compounds that cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 12 Nov. 2025
Botulism Symptoms Symptoms of botulism include general weakness, dizziness, double vision, speech or swallowing difficulties, muscle weakness, abdominal distension and constipation.
—Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Symptoms, which often develop slowly, can include abdominal distension and pain, nausea, loss of appetite and constipation.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 25 May 2025
Bloating and Gas Bloating, also known as abdominal distension, is considered a common side effect of Ibsrela.
—Femi Aremu, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2025
Symptoms of botulism include general weakness, dizziness, double-vision, abdominal distension and constipation, according to the FDA.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
There, the balloon’s inflated with either liquid or gas to cause the mechanical distension needed for a continuous sensation of satiety.
—New Atlas, 8 Dec. 2024
Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
This produces gases like hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane, which can cause abdominal pain, bloating, distension, and diarrhea.18
Several methods can reduce compounds that cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 12 Nov. 2025
Botulism Symptoms Symptoms of botulism include general weakness, dizziness, double vision, speech or swallowing difficulties, muscle weakness, abdominal distension and constipation.
—Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Symptoms, which often develop slowly, can include abdominal distension and pain, nausea, loss of appetite and constipation.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 25 May 2025
Bloating and Gas Bloating, also known as abdominal distension, is considered a common side effect of Ibsrela.
—Femi Aremu, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2025
Symptoms of botulism include general weakness, dizziness, double-vision, abdominal distension and constipation, according to the FDA.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
There, the balloon’s inflated with either liquid or gas to cause the mechanical distension needed for a continuous sensation of satiety.
—New Atlas, 8 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distension
Noun
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Those on picket lines, including pharmacists, midwives and rehab therapists, said salaries have not kept pace with inflation and there is not enough staffing to keep up with patient demand.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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The economy is also unusual now because growth is solid, inflation has slowed a bit and unemployment is low, but surveys show that Americans are generally gloomy about the economy.—
Matt Ott,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Membership without full rights on the first day of accession is nothing new - most countries from the 2004 enlargement and later faced long transition periods to achieve, for example, the right of their citizens to work across the bloc.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Jan. 2026
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The leadership development system can be integrated with other interventions, such as succession planning, work with an external coach, recognition, and job enlargement, to name a few.—
Scott J. Allen,
Big Think,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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If that doesn't work, go up the ladder When customer service stalls, escalation can help.—
Joshua Sidorowicz,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Then stop, let the message land without escalation.—
Adam Dietz,
Big Think,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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What is far more troubling than an underperforming quarterback, however, is the amplification of rhetoric that fuels division and prejudice.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2026
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Much of it was lost to the audience, since reverberant amplification gave heroic heft to Blanchett’s voice at the cost of intelligibility.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Few procedures are harder to reverse than a buttock augmentation.—
Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
23 Feb. 2026
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But anyone subcontracting tasks to AI is clever enough to imagine what might come next—a day when augmentation crosses into automation, and cognitive obsolescence compels them to seek work at a food truck, pet spa, or massage table.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A week after Meta committed to using millions of Nvidia’s processors to power its AI expansion, the social media company has inked another mammoth chip deal, this time with Advanced Micro Devices.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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At the Port Authority Bus Terminal expansion, half a mile uptown, Staller trained his lens on giant tubes of steel rimmed with teeth—core drill sections, frosted with snow, like colossal ziti topped with mozzarella cheese—which a crane was hoisting into place.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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