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exhaust

[ig-zawst] / ɪgˈzɔst /




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These extremely dense stellar remnants form when stars similar to our Sun exhaust their fuel and reach the final stages of their evolution.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

Lizzie Davey recalls standing on Oxford Street in the early 1970s and being struck by the exhaust fumes.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 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

Sunlight reaches the exhaust high in the atmosphere, making the spreading plume shine brightly against the darker sky below.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

The air smelled like car exhaust but also food from nearby hot dog and pretzel vendors.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

For a reader he is like a guest who overwhelms and exhausts, but who is then invited back for the sheer enjoyment of his absorbing tales, striking insights and charm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

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

A white dwarf forms when a star exhausts the hydrogen fuel needed for nuclear fusion in its core but lacks the mass required to explode as a core-collapse supernova.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026

The flaming exhausts on my hoverboard turn ninety degrees—I’m shot forward like a bullet from a gun.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

“We worked closely with our partner agencies and exhausted all available resources in our attempt to locate Ms. Park. Our deepest condolences are with her family and loved ones.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

Either explanation would offer valuable insight into the destruction of rocky worlds and the complex processes that can continue long after a star has exhausted its fuel.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

The Trust has said it does not want to be in this position but it has exhausted all recruitment attempts.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

“The knock in the night has always been my calling,” this kind listener explains as she admits the exhausted woman with the rambling story to tell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Nurse Finnegan heads out, and I drop into my chair, exhausted.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

But while the novel is imposing from sheer size alone, the shift in medium lends their elaborate, occasionally exhausting storytelling a curious new potency.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

"Despite exhausting every option available to us, we have been unable to reach a solution that allows us to play outwith a Saturday afternoon."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

While it can be exhausting and Laveaux admits he wouldn’t do it year round, he looks forward to coming back every season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

“You have no idea how exhausting it’s been.”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas


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