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exhaust

[ig-zawst] / ɪgˈzɔst /




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"Either the burden of grief is going to be enough for us to give up, or that we're going to financially exhaust ourselves."

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

"It feels like they're going to hope that we exhaust ourselves," she said.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The program’s retirement trust fund is projected to exhaust its reserves in roughly six years — coinciding with each newly elected senator’s term.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Rocket exhaust can blast dust and loose material away from the ground, potentially affecting nearby equipment and structures.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

It looked so strong that Ralph was sure that just one of her hairs would be perfect for tying his exhaust pipes in place.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

A Greek Orthodox Christian and a protégé of tech billionaire Peter Thiel, Kratsios argued that when AI exhausts human knowledge, humanity will look beyond reason for ultimate answers about man’s place in the universe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

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 the star exhausts its fuel, this balance collapses.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2025

Somehow all this information exhausts me, and I watch the second video, which explains the actual procedures for vacuuming, with the detached interest of a cineast.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Even though she was on her way to becoming a physician herself, and even though she was exhausted and stressed, and stress is a possible agitator for shingles, her doctors didn’t immediately find a diagnosis.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

Mr. Specht writes that when the sons “tried to settle these long-standing debts, their tenants, struggling with exhausted soils and poorly paying crops, began to resist in earnest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

By the time Stewart’s final voyage with “Star Trek” debuted in 2020, Picard was less of a Starfleet hero than a wise man exhausted by politics and cruelty.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Everyone is so exhausted after that you spring for takeout.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

“O how I hate her!” wrote an exhausted Kate.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

We’ve experimented with retirement simulations of our own, but we struggle to get the projected probability of success below 90%, much less find a realistic path toward exhausting our assets over the next 30 years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

“Doing a weekly series was the most physically exhausting and horrendous time of my life,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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

It got kind of exhausting to tread water or balance on tiptoes while the rest of them planted their feet on the bottom.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison


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