inhale
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Other humans could then inhale the particles or come into contact with them on the surface of objects.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
People and animals can inhale them, raising concerns about potential health effects.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026
I would close my eyes and inhale deeply, bracing myself for what was coming: a strange cocktail of sadness, panic, and the most bone-deep exhaustion I’ve ever experienced.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2026
"One of my most frequent tics is I clench my stomach and that makes me inhale air, which means that I'm constantly bloated," Smith says.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
I can almost inhale the feeling of the place.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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
Two or three times a day, Molly Pam, a 33-year-old chef and patient advocate in San Francisco, inhales nebulized blasts of colistin or aztreonam.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2022
Nathan began to hum the Move melody and belted out the words as best he could between deep inhales.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
When disturbed, it can be inhaled which can cause serious diseases and cancer, like diffuse mesothelioma.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
He inhaled it in a few days, and then reread it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
If inhaled at high levels, these fumes can aggravate a person’s lungs, causing coughing, wheezing and chest tightness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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
The smoke was getting thick, burning my lungs every time I inhaled.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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
This is not inhaling odors from the environment, though.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026
As she dried the limp blond hair with a towel, she leaned in close, inhaling the scent of my sister’s scalp.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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