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Meanings of get the bends in English

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Usage of get the bends in English
1
We all get the bends more or less-allus sand-hogs.
The Poisoned Pen
2
Surface too quickly, and you get the bends.
The Guardian
3
Outside of fishing, though, it is hard to see why marine mammals would ever get the bends.
BBC
4
I knew you'd get the bends.
In Cold Blood
5
So simultaneously, you are going to freeze, boil, burn, get the bends and no longer be able to breathe.
Wired
6
Can whales get the bends?
Radio NZ
7
Going down that deep means you'll get the bends (the excruciating formation of bubbles in the blood stream) if you ascend too quickly.
Wired
8
He used to be one of the best divers in the Low Islands, but he's got the bends.
Mystic Isles of the South Seas.
9
The suits also have their own pressure equalizers, so you can go directly from one environment to another without getting the bends.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
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