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carbon monoxide

NOUN
colorless odorless toxic gas
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These processes require large amounts of energy and release carbon monoxide and CO2.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

He defended crafts chain Michael’s against claims that toxic levels of carbon monoxide at one of its stores caused brain damage to an employee’s unborn daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 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

Humberside Police said their deaths were thought to be connected to carbon monoxide poisoning.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 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



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