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inhale

[in-hayl] / ɪnˈheɪl /


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His staff focus on efforts to prevent illness caused by "the unhealthy air people inhale every day".

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

We inhale and ingest them from almost everything we touch, breathe, eat and drink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Did he inhale too deeply the vapors of power?

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

However, Dr. Udelsman says it could potentially pose some risk because people nearby may inhale inflammatory particles that are believed to contribute to cancer development.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

She expanded her stomach like a balloon on the inhale and imagined stress leaving from the crown of her head on the exhale.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

At an Alaskan research station she inhales the scent of oxidizing permafrost: “Pleistocene-aged grass, mammoth bones, and thousands and thousands of years of microbial cells.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

And she inhales them at a rate that makes me wonder if she actually has the job she claims to have or spends all day curled up with the Modern Library.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 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

Next to him Sekani inhales a sandwich, and Brickz stands on his hind legs with his paws on Sekani’s lap.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

"By the time you finish cleaning up an indoor space, you've already formed a lot of nanoparticles and inhaled them," says Boor.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Days after he helped extinguish the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles, Pasadena Fire Captain David Marquez inhaled his first dose of glutathione on the side of the road outside the Rose Bowl stadium.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Mom—who has inhaled every Philippa Gregory novel, and whose superpower is the ability to relate any topic back to Henry VIII’s wives—corrected him instantly: “Claude, Katherine is with a K.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

When coal dust is repeatedly inhaled over time, it causes scarring in the lungs that makes it difficult to breathe.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

She clung to the rind and inhaled again and again.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Another finding raised concerns about the potential effects of inhaling smoke.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Among those cases was eight-year-old Luke Albiston-O'Donnell from Birkenhead, who died after inhaling toxic fumes from a house fire caused by an e-bike battery on charge in 2024.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

While handling the moldy dishes, she experienced “stomach pain, a headache and a strange sensation in her nose, which she believed was caused by inhaling the fuzzy mold,” the union’s complaint said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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

After inhaling the fourth time, he let go of the tree and rolled sideways into the river, blowing the air out his mouth as he dropped.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret


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