And officials say they are determined to keep one of the state's most vital arteries clear.

He'd ruptured a vital artery and could have died if he'd gone on stage one more time.

She felt it flooding through her still, as if some vital artery had ruptured inside her.

The bite may also puncture a vital artery in the neck.

We cannot imagine the Soviets agreeing to constrict their own vital arteries.

He looked again at the platform on which the union leaders would sit, the key man in turning off America's vital arteries.

The bullets entered her right arm and traveled through a vital artery.

A vital artery for business, the road is perhaps the most visible symbol of the dilapidated state of the country's infrastructure.

Upstate's vital arteries, its roads and highways, would also get a healthy share of the pot.

A vital artery for the growing town was the train line, which allowed for a substantial industrial presence early in the town's history.