reflux

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Recent Examples of reflux One reason could be that primary care doctors may overlook symptoms such as abdominal pain, constipation, heartburn or reflux in younger patients, thereby delaying their diagnoses. Aria Bendix, NBC news, 17 July 2025 One lot of reflux medicine got recalled when fluid retention tablets were discovered in the medicine bottles. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025 This includes long-term use of steroids for inflammatory conditions, proton pump inhibitors for chronic reflux, and SSRIs for your mood, among others. Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 24 June 2025 Migraines and reflux: Some people with conditions like migraines, acid reflux, or certain autoimmune issues may find that chocolate triggers their symptoms. Jonathan Purtell, Verywell Health, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for reflux
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Noun
  • Gas flow also affects stellar initial masses In another study, published in July 2025, astrophysicist Ke-Jung Chen led a research group at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics using a detailed computer simulation that modeled how gas in the early universe may have flowed.
    Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • In its early releases, Porsche has not defined the point where the electric motors hand off to the flow of hot exhaust gases, but the results are maximum torque all the way to 6000 rpm.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The appetite for big technology bets, or for backing pre-revenue entrepreneurs and project developers, is at a low ebb (with the exception perhaps of fusion power innovations).
    Rob Day, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • At their lowest ebb last season, City’s reluctance to make threatening forward runs was visible to the eye, favouring more measured build-up and perhaps reluctant to open up too much with opposition counter-attacks in mind.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • After hearing desperate meows echoing from the drain, a 7-Eleven employee in Portsmouth, Virginia, contacted PETA for help.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Minus Reeves, his dreams of a career as a movie auteur were spiraling down the drain once more.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025

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