However, Robson was forced to retire from her second-round match in the Japan Open at the beginning of October after suffering from dehydration.

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Boston won on a warm evening, with Yankees catcher Chris Stewart leaving after the fourth because of dehydration.

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Mrs Foster was found suffering from dehydration and starvation after going without the four daily visits she was due to have.

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So, it happened that I found myself on the unforgiving concrete roof of Forbes on one of the hottest nights of the summer, wiping sweat from my brow and downing bottle after bottle of water, hoping to avoid dehydration.

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The coconut is a perfect way to ward off dehydration, or to recover from the after-effects of a wild night out in the Lapa neighbourhood.

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Kyndall Jack, 18, and Nicolas Cendoya, 19, were recuperating at separate Orange County hospitals from dehydration and minor injuries on Friday evening after being rescued from the Cleveland National Forest, where they had been missing since Sunday.

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