How to Use donate/give blood in a Sentence
donate/give blood
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Teenagers stand in line shivering in the snow to give blood.
—Fariba Nawa, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2023
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And people near the site of the crash were lining up to donate blood.
—Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 2 June 2023
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This is a very good time to donate blood for those who've been injured and are in need.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 9 July 2024
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But there has also been scrutiny over rules for who can donate blood in the US.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
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People who want to donate blood must be in good health and meet weight and height requirements.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
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Do pet parents have to pay any money to allow their pets to donate blood?
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
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Greek civilians lined up to donate blood for injured Turks.
—Margherita Stancati, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023
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What are some reasons why a person couldn't donate blood?
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 26 Oct. 2022
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Locals lined the streets to donate blood after the deadly attack.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
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More gay and bisexual men are now able to donate blood.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
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What are the requirements for a pet to be eligible to donate blood?
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
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The new guidance will affect everyone who wants to donate blood.
—Teddy Amenabar, Fenit Nirappil and Laurie McGinley, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2023
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And fellow seminarians with the same blood type came every day to give blood.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
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In thanks for helping, the Red Cross is offering several incentives to donors who come out to give blood or platelets in the coming weeks.
—Sam Boyer, cleveland, 14 July 2023
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Laugh the night away, listen to classic rock under a starry dome or go to a roots rock concert, give blood or watch felines compete.
—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
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Gunfire and screams Long lines formed in Moscow on Saturday for people to donate blood.
—Guy Faulconbridge, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
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On Thursday morning, dozens of people lined up for a second day to donate blood at a clinic located a few blocks from the school.
—Constant Méheut Vladimir Zivojinovic, New York Times, 4 May 2023
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Hundreds of young people lined up to donate blood at a government hospital in the city of Soro in Odisha, reported the Guardian.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2023
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One blood transfusion center in the city of Valladolid even made an urgent plea for donors to give blood because stocks were running low in the heat.
—Rachel Chaundler, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
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So there is a chance, albeit very small that someone has received a live Covid-19 vaccine within 2 weeks of wanting to donate blood.
—Victoria Forster, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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Scores of people also showed up at a local hospital to donate blood.
—Ashok Sharma, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
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The use of walking blood banks, or soldiers who can give blood for emergency transfusions while out in the field, also improved survival rates.
—Luis Alvarez, STAT, 24 Mar. 2023
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People don’t need to know their blood type to donate blood, but giving blood allows a convenient way for health experts to discover a donor's blood type.
—Fox News, 7 Nov. 2022
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The line in Tel Aviv to donate blood was over half a mile long, and people stood, quietly and patiently, sometimes organizing themselves in rounds of singing to raise their morale.
—TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
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To donate blood, bring a blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2021
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New rules from the Food and Drug Administration that will allow more gay and bisexual men to donate blood are now final.
—Liz Essley Whyte, wsj.com, 11 May 2023
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Community members should call the church office to make an appointment to donate blood.
—Becca Martin-Brown, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2022
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And the team didn’t find any diminished likelihood that these individuals would donate blood or get their flu shot.
—WIRED, 11 Jan. 2023
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Residents lined up to donate blood, and aid organizations and governments across the world prepared to help.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
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Why would someone give to charity or donate blood or run into a burning building to save another?
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
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