exhaust
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Rocket exhaust can blast dust and loose material away from the ground, potentially affecting nearby equipment and structures.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The researchers say exposure can be reduced by choosing unscented products, improving ventilation with exhaust fans or open windows, and avoiding devices that generate ozone while scented cleaning products are being used.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Environmental and public health advocates have consistently opposed new smog check waivers, noting they increase exhaust emissions such as nitrogen dioxide that are damaging to human health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Kpler estimates that current deliveries of around a million barrels a day—which mostly go to China—could exhaust the store of Iranian oil on the water by mid-October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“It seems to produce an ample exhaust, but it burns too rapidly,” Quentin said.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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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
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
The rocket stood in the cold winter morning, making summer with every breath of its mighty exhausts.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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Will your question invite helpful suggestions, or, unbeknownst to you, poke a bear who is exhausted by people making this same mistake over and over?
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026
A white dwarf is the leftover core of a low-mass star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel and shed its outer layers of gas and dust into space.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
As exhausted as Gibney may be with the subject, he can’t entirely rule out “Musk 2.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Pollard added she was now at her "wits' end" and "devastated and exhausted by it all".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
He was exhausted, hungry and. frightened; and he desperately wanted Fa.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Yet supporting Angel City, she says, has been as exhausting as it has been exciting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The overacting is exhausting because it’s not only Iñárritu’s creative choice, but rather the methods employed by the play-within-a-movie’s director.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Another not-insignificant consideration: Selling a home is a time-consuming, exhausting, stressful and laborious process.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
She said the past eight days had taken a heavy toll on her family, describing it as "exhausting".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Evidentiary hearings, like jury trials, can be exhausting.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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