ventilator
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Ferrell said: "She's still in the hospital, on a ventilator, critically ill, we really don't know the prognosis yet, and may not know for several days."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
She was unconscious and on a ventilator at the time of writing.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
But like a ventilator, accountability doesn’t transfer, because there is no one there to receive it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"A ventilator came to a halt, but we do have a generator at the hospital."
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
That was enough to puzzle them, and they stood undecided, which gave her time to dodge past and seize her cloud-pine from where she had hidden it behind the ventilator.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
It's a mammoth task: The vast majority of the city's 20,500 licensed food carts -- selling pretzels, peanuts and ice cream -- rely on generators to power stoves, freezers and ventilators.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Critical-minerals supply chains are far more complex than ventilators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Does she wonder how the people hospitalized on ventilators or who lost loved ones feel?
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
Although the fungus can exist on the skin without causing symptoms, patients who depend on ventilators face a much greater risk.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
Human beings in there were excreting into steel helmets which were passed to the people at the ventilators, who dumped them.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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