inhale
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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
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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
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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
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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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