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exhaust

[ig-zawst] / ɪgˈzɔst /




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Diesel exhaust is a carcinogen and has long been a priority for port communities and others along heavy transport routes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Contrails - also known as vapour trails - are made when the hot exhaust from aircraft engines meets the cold air at high altitude, creating ice crystals.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

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

As the din of clanking metal dims, the smell of grease and exhaust lingers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

No sooner does the exhaust from their trucks clear the air than the commandant starts shouting.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

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

On a remote Cambridgeshire farm, where his nearest neighbour is half a mile away, Mathew Latta was making lunch when the peace was shattered by the sound of loud exhausts.

From BBC Jul. 25, 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

A white dwarf forms when a star exhausts the hydrogen fuel needed for nuclear fusion in its core but lacks the mass required to explode as a core-collapse supernova.

From Science Daily Jan. 8, 2026

The rocket stood in the cold winter morning, making summer with every breath of its mighty exhausts.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Almost immediately, I was exhausted by the customization of it all.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

"I took some ibuprofen, shrugged it off, went to sleep. I woke up the next day absolutely exhausted, no energy, really high fever."

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

They also suggested the EU should be ready to ask a court to block access to platforms temporarily if necessary "once other powers have been exhausted and where an infringement persists and causes serious harm".

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

In 1971, Steinem co-founded Ms. magazine, run exclusively by women, for women, and born from conversations with other women writers who’d grown exhausted with the belittling conventions and blind spots of male-dominated media.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

I was too elated by what had happened earlier that day to notice how absolutely exhausted I was.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Peters spearheaded an exhausting, 1,500-mile island-wide bus tour spanning all 32 counties, completing dozens of radio chats and community stops to promote the swansong.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

The findings indicate that rapidly exhausting neutral hydrogen cannot by itself explain why star formation has declined so strongly.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

Not the fire, not the sudden death, not the exhausting fight to get back home.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

She details the exhausting effort of disputing her partner’s medical claims with insurance companies, which required her to navigate, in her words, “a stingy and Kafkaesque system of financial and social support.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

After an exhausting journey from Manhattan, I had turned up at the Chicago address my father had made me memorize.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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