How to Use Lou Gehrig's disease in a Sentence
Lou Gehrig's disease
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Hawking was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease as a graduate student at Cambridge and was given just two years to live.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2022
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Mendenhall died from Lou Gehrig's disease in 1977, a devastating loss for Boyer that led to depression.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
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Kaplinis was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease three years ago.
—Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Feb. 2022
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Others tell more personal stories, such as the neuroscientist with a tattoo of the type of nerve cell that is damaged in Lou Gehrig's disease, which killed her father.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2011
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The family that encircled and supported a beloved patriarch who slowly lost his battle with Lou Gehrig's disease, which robbed him of his ability to move, speak and, eventually, breathe.
—Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2020
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Grammy-winning artist Roberta Flack has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the progressive illness commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and is unable to sing.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022
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The software was developed for people with cerebral palsy, spinal muscular atrophy, Lou Gehrig's disease, multiple sclerosis, brain injury and various neurological disorders.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2022
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