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inhale

[in-hayl] / ɪnˈheɪl /


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Breathing techniques - take a long breath through your nose, add a second inhale at the top and release it with a long sigh through your mouth.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

That combination raised additional concerns about the amount of particulate matter occupants could inhale.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

It was as if he had been breathing through a straw and was finally able to use his whole airway to inhale again.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

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

He inhales deeply, puts his phone into the back pocket of his too-tight shorts, and crosses his arms.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

If inhaled, some of these extremely small particles can penetrate deep into the lungs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

The Midcentury Modern library where Rosales first inhaled the aroma of old books has changed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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

The one in the skirt lifted a new hand mirror from Missus Nedraw’s wagon, inhaled, braced herself, and peered into the glass.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

I look forward to inhaling “Fudge” many times on my stereo.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

Because methylsiloxanes appear to be present almost everywhere in the atmosphere, researchers say people are likely inhaling them continuously.

From Science Daily ● May 13, 2026

He turned the pages, inhaling with each turn.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly


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