exhaust
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The illuminated exhaust plumes were visible across the eastern United States, giving observers a remarkable view of the rocket's journey into space.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
As the rocket climbed above Earth carrying a Dragon spacecraft, sunlight illuminated its expanding exhaust plumes, creating an enormous glowing shape that resembled a jellyfish.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Races begin with a bone-shaking roar, as the world's fastest-accelerating cars leave the starting line, flames bursting out of their exhaust pipes.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Though the war has also depleted the Iranian missile force, Tehran has adjusted by using munitions that split into a number of pieces, forcing defenders to exhaust more interceptors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
I don’t want to go to sleep, I just want to exhaust myself and rest a little bit so I can make the trip at the appropriate time, in an hour or so.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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February saw a surge in both trading activity, which often accompanies comes as a price swing exhausts itself, and institutional repositioning.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
When the star exhausts its fuel, this balance collapses.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 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
Judges then stunned the nation by ordering Sarkozy to swiftly start serving his sentence, dispensing with the usual practice of waiting until a white-collar convict exhausts the appeals process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
The emotion of their reunions exhausts them so that they often nap together under a tree, or in Ivanito’s narrow bunk bed.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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Now, she lives in "limbo every day", not willing to give up the search for her son, clinging to the hope he will be found alive, but having exhausted all avenues for help.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
As in Johnson’s case, the government moved to dismiss my lawsuit in part because I had not exhausted my administrative remedies.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
But it also helps us understand why a crumpled sock in the middle of the living room or dirty dishes on the kitchen counter makes the exhausted woman in your life crash out.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
Tipsters would get paid after an enforcement target has exhausted its appeals, based on a proportion of the fine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
After countless miles by troika and train they were exhausted, queasy, and generally out of sorts.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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But I still think the soup party is one of the finest ways to gather people without spending a fortune or exhausting yourself in the process.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Situation: By that time, Snell is at 99 pitches, two shy of his season high, after the exhausting battles with Vaughn and Bauers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Brooke said grieving her son and missing out on milestones was particularly difficult and exhausting when you're seeking answers.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
That level of effort does not require an exhausting workout.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
She might have slept longer, after the exhausting hike of the previous day, but that plunk—plunk—plunking sound was as insistent as a blacksmith’s hammer.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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