exhaust
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One bill limits liability for rocket launchers that own at least 20,000 contiguous acres related to noise, exhaust and other disturbances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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
In response, an Ofcom spokesperson said it had made the decision a "matter of days ago" following "months of work to exhaust all possible legal routes".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The boat was leaking fuel and continuing to emit exhaust from the motor as it sank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The hot and sticky air stunk of car exhaust.
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
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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
George Atef, a 38-year-old Egyptian civil servant in Kuwait, said: "What exhausts me most is not knowing when this situation will end -- the waiting itself has become draining."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Core-collapse supernovae occur when a massive star exhausts the fuel needed to support its core.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
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
She looks like everything exhausts her, including me.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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Just like some people prefer aloof cats to Labrador retrievers, some people get exhausted by my extroversion and geeky enthusiasm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
“I am so tired!” she said, and laughed with the near-hysteria of someone genuinely exhausted.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
"In about a space of five months, I had venesection seven or eight times. So you can imagine my iron levels hit the floor and I felt even more exhausted," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“You just kind of get annoyed and exhausted, because you think it’s an opportunity and it really isn’t,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
The mattress was soft as a cloud, and the bed’s exhausted occupant slept so deeply and so well that no dreams dared disturb her.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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“It’s going to be exhausting regardless, but the amount of rest we’ll get in between will be fine.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The findings indicate that rapidly exhausting neutral hydrogen cannot by itself explain why star formation has declined so strongly.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Travel, she says, “was exciting, exhausting, anxiety-producing, disorienting, stimulating, joyful and difficult to explain to others.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Another source of strain: In peacetime, the ports were used for rest and recuperation by sailors seeking a break from an aircraft carrier’s crammed quarters and exhausting routines.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
I dashed over to see who was there, half expecting to find a sweaty Mrs. Wigginbottom propping herself up against the doorframe after her exhausting climb to our floor.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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