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exhaust

[ig-zawst] / ɪgˈzɔst /




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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

Employees must first exhaust their administrative remedies at an agency that cannot decide their case.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

They are also not conventional air conditioners, which work by removing heat from a room via an exhaust hose or external unit.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

In England, the exhaust hoses of portable air conditioners protruding from windows are an increasingly common sight.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

They had made excellent progress during the day, far more than he had expected, and he saw no reason to exhaust themselves by forcing a march during the night.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

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

When a massive star exhausts its nuclear fuel, its core collapses and triggers a dramatic explosion known as a supernova.

From Science Daily Mar. 11, 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

Judges then stunned the nation by ordering Sarkozy to swiftly start serving his sentence, dispensing with the usual practice of waiting until a white-collar convict exhausts the appeals process.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 21, 2025

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

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Judith, a Puerto Rican girl from a poor but devoted family, consoles her exhausted teacher one day.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

"I'm honestly exhausted," 32-year-old finance worker Bruno Gonzalez del Yerro told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

But false reports about exhausted runners after the first women’s 800-meter race helped justify the exclusion of this women’s race until 1960.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

She investigated the data to assess how prevalent biphasic sleep was among shift workers, what health outcomes were associated with it, and whether a split sleep was better or worse than one exhausted block.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

The poor workmen look exhausted, and I’ve heard that some of them have come down with rheumatism.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Fora's Jonna Robertson, for her part, is counting on a seasonal redistribution, with trips to hotter countries taking place in spring or autumn, in order to avoid both overtourism and exhausting temperatures.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

Inside the NHS trust's central hub, call handler Claire Havelock describes the previous heatwave as "exhausting", with some staff unable to take breaks because of the relentless demand.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The debate about AI and jobs has become exhausting and largely unproductive, oscillating between “AI will take all jobs” and “AI will create more jobs than it destroys.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

What specific moments have been exhausting for you?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

It was fun entertaining six-year-olds all day, but exhausting.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda




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