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inhale

[in-heyl] / ɪnˈheɪl /


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Lead is a potent neurotoxin that can stunt the brain development and lead to behavioral issues in young children that inhale or ingest it.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

I would close my eyes and inhale deeply, bracing myself for what was coming: a strange cocktail of sadness, panic, and the most bone-deep exhaustion I’ve ever experienced.

From Slate Mar. 15, 2026

When extensions are heated during styling, they can also release chemicals into the air that users may inhale.

From Science Daily Feb. 19, 2026

"You mainly inhale oxygen and nitrogen so most of the time the amazing colours come from the same gas you're breathing in," Wild says.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

She watched a few minutes more, and when the men didn’t return, she drew in a long inhale and exhaled slowly.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

First, hantavirus is a family of viruses that typically spreads to humans from rodent droppings or urine such as when someone inhales particles near infected rodents.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

With other hantaviruses, infections occur when a person is exposed to or inhales the dried droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents.

From MarketWatch May 12, 2026

"A child playing on the floor inhales even more because the concentrations of particles are greater closer to the ground."

From Science Daily Apr. 30, 2024

Two or three times a day, Molly Pam, a 33-year-old chef and patient advocate in San Francisco, inhales nebulized blasts of colistin or aztreonam.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2022

He inhales more deeply, and there are other flowers along with the roses: lilies and irises and crocuses.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

He inhaled it in a few days, and then reread it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Katie said his allergies are no longer airborne - meaning they can be inhaled - since starting the treatment 18 month ago.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

If inhaled at high levels, these fumes can aggravate a person’s lungs, causing coughing, wheezing and chest tightness.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

When it is inhaled, through smoking or in industrial settings, it can cause lung cancer, according to the World Health Organization.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

I rubbed my thumb and index finger together, then brought them to my nose and inhaled.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Worsak Kanok Nukulchai, a professor specialising in structural engineering, believes many people would have died by inhaling toxic smoke "even before getting burned".

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Hantavirus is most commonly spread by inhaling particles contaminated with the virus — such as dried mouse urine, saliva or droppings.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

While washing food can remove most of the chemicals, direct exposure from inhaling Roundup while it’s sprayed on crops likely carries a much higher risk.

From Salon May 1, 2026

Media reports in Singapore described a 19-year-old woman who died after inhaling three pearls while trying to suck through a partially blocked straw.

From Science Daily Mar. 1, 2026

Watching him eat, all I could think about is how my mother would always get on him about inhaling his food like this.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds




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