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Recent Examples of reflux
Several days later, the team encountered another complication, as venous reflux, a blood return obstruction, caused the ear to darken, jeopardizing tissue survival.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
Stopping caloric intake three hours before bedtime avoids reflux and bloating, both of which interfere with your ability to fall asleep.
—Mélanie Nauche, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2025
Your baby’s digestive system is still developing, and reflux is common and often normal after feeding.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 4 Dec. 2025
Sleep on your left side to help keep stomach acid down and clear reflux faster.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 11 Nov. 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
Stopping caloric intake three hours before bedtime avoids reflux and bloating, both of which interfere with your ability to fall asleep.
—Mélanie Nauche, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2025
Your baby’s digestive system is still developing, and reflux is common and often normal after feeding.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 4 Dec. 2025
Sleep on your left side to help keep stomach acid down and clear reflux faster.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 11 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reflux
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Scholars such as the ethnomusicologist Michael Fuhr saw K-pop as a reversal of long-standing narratives, especially in pop music, that accentuated the flow of culture from West to East.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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State officials also raised a berm along a causeway separating the north and south arms of the lake to give them control over the flow of water and salt between the two.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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Along the way of most successful rebuilding efforts, or even just more traditional team-building efforts, however, successful teams tend to take a calculated risk or two on some high-pedigree players or high-potential skaters at a low ebb in their value.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Some readers may be old enough to remember the 1976 Bicentennial, which occurred during one of the city’s lowest ebbs and lifted everyone’s spirits.—
John Calvelli,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Canadarm was used for spacewalking, several Hubble Space Telescope missions and some impromptu maneuvers such as knocking an ice plug off a frozen shuttle drain line, according to NASA.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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There was also a problem with a floor drain grate.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Reflux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reflux. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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