exhaust
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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
In response, an Ofcom spokesperson said it had made the decision a "matter of days ago" following "months of work to exhaust all possible legal routes".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The boat was leaking fuel and continuing to emit exhaust from the motor as it sank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Employees must first exhaust their administrative remedies at an agency that cannot decide their case.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
The truck disappeared in a cloud of exhaust.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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February saw a surge in both trading activity, which often accompanies comes as a price swing exhausts itself, and institutional repositioning.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 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
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
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As is now tradition, The Hundred reaches its conclusion just as the new football season starts and exhausted parents try to tough out the end of the summer holidays.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest potential victim of a still-mysterious ailment in southern Kenya.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Sweaty, exhausted and streaked in grass stains, the families gathered in the common room for the deciding match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
By the end of the project, Dudamel was so exhausted he could barely speak a coherent sentence in what described as a state of transformation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
We fell into an exhausted sleep, our heads on the table.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Hot weather can make travel unpredictable, and access issues can waste valuable time on an already exhausting day.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Finding the perfect position appeasing those on either side of an issue is exhausting work and prone to error.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Her car offers air conditioning and privacy, but the living conditions are "exhausting", Nishiyama said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Being of older maternal age, I found the pregnancy exhausting, and it was tiring keeping up with my child during his baby and toddler years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
It was exhausting remembering his manners when talking to all those people, but Angie smiled and chatted as if she didn’t mind seeing the same baby over and over in two dozen pictures.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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