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inhale

[in-heyl] / ɪnˈheɪl /


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Lead is a potent neurotoxin that can stunt the brain development and lead to behavioral issues in young children that inhale or ingest it.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

I would close my eyes and inhale deeply, bracing myself for what was coming: a strange cocktail of sadness, panic, and the most bone-deep exhaustion I’ve ever experienced.

From Slate Mar. 15, 2026

"You mainly inhale oxygen and nitrogen so most of the time the amazing colours come from the same gas you're breathing in," Wild says.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

The stores are packed on weekends with teens who inhale frozen yogurt.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

She unwraps a golden-yellow laddu and I inhale the scent of cardamom and cloves.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

First, hantavirus is a family of viruses that typically spreads to humans from rodent droppings or urine such as when someone inhales particles near infected rodents.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

With other hantaviruses, infections occur when a person is exposed to or inhales the dried droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents.

From MarketWatch May 12, 2026

"A child playing on the floor inhales even more because the concentrations of particles are greater closer to the ground."

From Science Daily Apr. 30, 2024

Guided by Quintos, the class wraps up the break with three collective inhales and exhales, ending with one deep, audible exhale from the gut.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2023

Mom takes a few erratic inhales and wipes her tears away with her fingers.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

The gallery mostly follows his instructions as Maduro and Flores were led into the chamber shortly after noon, but some murmured or inhaled breath as he walked past.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

He inhaled it in a few days, and then reread it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

If inhaled at high levels, fumes can aggravate a person’s lungs, causing coughing, wheezing and chest tightness.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2026

When it is inhaled, through smoking or in industrial settings, it can cause lung cancer, according to the World Health Organization.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

“And Mother Brimworth has inhaled a terrible amount of smoke, Officer! She’s already quite frail and needs medical treatment immediately!”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

Worsak Kanok Nukulchai, a professor specialising in structural engineering, believes many people would have died by inhaling toxic smoke "even before getting burned".

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The hopes of finding them alive were fading fast, since people can survive only so long trapped beneath the rubble without water while inhaling suffocating dust.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Typically, hantavirus spreads by inhaling particles contaminated with the urine, feces or saliva of wild rodents.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

While washing food can remove most of the chemicals, direct exposure from inhaling Roundup while it’s sprayed on crops likely carries a much higher risk.

From Salon May 1, 2026

Ophie asked, blowing at her milk and inhaling the cinnamony scent.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland




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