inhale
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Did he inhale too deeply the vapors of power?
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Lead is a potent neurotoxin that can stunt the brain development and lead to behavioral issues in young children that inhale or ingest it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
When extensions are heated during styling, they can also release chemicals into the air that users may inhale.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
"You mainly inhale oxygen and nitrogen so most of the time the amazing colours come from the same gas you're breathing in," Wild says.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
She longed to curl up with Ess, to cuddle up and inhale the salty, dirty smell of her tangled hair as she slept, pretend that none of this was real.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
First, hantavirus is a family of viruses that typically spreads to humans from rodent droppings or urine such as when someone inhales particles near infected rodents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
With other hantaviruses, infections occur when a person is exposed to or inhales the dried droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
"A child playing on the floor inhales even more because the concentrations of particles are greater closer to the ground."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024
When it goes sideways, the kid inhales deeply, trains a hard glare on Asher, and says, “I curse you.”
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2023
Fish scoots in, inhales the speck of chum.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
He inhaled it in a few days, and then reread it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
If inhaled at high levels, fumes can aggravate a person’s lungs, causing coughing, wheezing and chest tightness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
When it is inhaled, through smoking or in industrial settings, it can cause lung cancer, according to the World Health Organization.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Dr. Paudel, a visiting scholar in the UTS Faculty of Engineering, is also studying how inhaled microplastics may affect lung health.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Before she could think too much about it, Percy inhaled sharply.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Worsak Kanok Nukulchai, a professor specialising in structural engineering, believes many people would have died by inhaling toxic smoke "even before getting burned".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The hopes of finding them alive were fading fast, since people can survive only so long trapped beneath the rubble without water while inhaling suffocating dust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Most often, people become infected with these viruses by inhaling aerosolized urine or droppings from infected rodents.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
Typically, hantavirus spreads by inhaling particles contaminated with the urine, feces or saliva of wild rodents.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Like Vincent, he has spent much of his free time taking long walks into the countryside outside the city, past fields of wheat, inhaling the familiar aromas of hay and potatoes.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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