carbon monoxide
Example Sentences
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State media initially reported four deaths and dozens trapped after levels of carbon monoxide -- a highly toxic, odourless gas -- in the mine were found to have "exceeded limits".
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
A rom-com need not be a sparkling shelf covered with bon-bons, but it shouldn’t be a nauseating cloud of carbon monoxide that makes you want to flee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
"I took a day off. I had a bit of carbon monoxide poisoning," she says, almost lightly.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Before JWST, researchers relied on ground-based telescopes to measure molecules such as water and carbon monoxide in exoplanet atmospheres.
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
It didn't look much like a factory—no towering steel silos or smokestacks billowing carbon monoxide, just a few buildings that vaguely reminded him of airplane hangars.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
