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exhaust

[ig-zawst] / ɪgˈzɔst /




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He heard the garage door shut, followed by the roar of a car exhaust.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

It's a situation F1 forced on itself by removing the MGU-H, which recovered energy from the turbo and exhaust, and not allowing recovery from the front axle.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Arevalo is one of 10 street vendors testing whether they can ditch petrol generators to reduce noise, planet-warming emissions and health risks posed by exhaust fumes.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

As the din of clanking metal dims, the smell of grease and exhaust lingers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

He was fighting the serpent, playing it, letting it exhaust itself thrashing and pulling.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

On a remote Cambridgeshire farm, where his nearest neighbour is half a mile away, Mathew Latta was making lunch when the peace was shattered by the sound of loud exhausts.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Her construction project has begun and she hopes to move in by August -- before the $4,000 monthly rent she pays for a furnished apartment exhausts the housing allowance from her insurance.

From Barron's Jan. 4, 2026

When a massive star exhausts its fuel, it typically collapses and explodes in a supernova, leaving behind a smaller black hole.

From Science Daily Nov. 11, 2025

But for the audience, those sentiments more accurately reflect Ramsay’s film, a slow burn that exhausts its welcome and dies in a blaze after losing its grip on a meandering narrative.

From Salon Nov. 7, 2025

But on most days, especially the warm ones, life exhausts him; the worsening traffic and graffiti and company politics, everyone grousing about bonuses, benefits, overtime.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Officials contend the discrepancy between the computer count and the paper tally is “a good deed that went punished” — the result of exhausted officials being handed an extra-credit project they couldn’t quite execute.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Some universities offer need-based or merit-based institutional aid, and Austin said some schools are even offering institutional loans for students who have exhausted their federal options.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

“Once that buying demand was exhausted, some pullback was to be expected,” UBS analyst Michael Yee said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The wife of one sailor told MS NOW’s Priya Sidhar that the company is working 12-14 hour days and that her husband “said that he was exhausted working on the flight deck.”

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

He was so exhausted he was having a hard time focusing.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

For us, Cuenca checks a lot of boxes, but the lack of an international airport makes travel long and exhausting.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

But even if changes are still pouring in, City’s opponent on Sunday saw plenty of similarities to the exhausting style it faced in the Guardiola era.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

The story has elements similar to popular summer blockbusters, but they’re so finely remixed and retooled that they don’t bear such exhausting resemblance to their forebears.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Finding the perfect position appeasing those on either side of an issue is exhausting work and prone to error.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

After an exhausting hour or so of this melodrama, v.L. took a break and sauntered over to have a chat with me.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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