smelling salts
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The Seahawks, defending Super Bowl champions, got a collective whiff of smelling salts before Sunday’s game, having suffered an embarrassing loss at Washington a week earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The NFL came to his rescue, saying smelling salts — also known as ammonia inhalants, or AIs — were not banned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026
Sometimes it’s Harris offering Scott smelling salts — a practice Dicker, who is naturally amped, skips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
During half-time of the first British and Irish Lions' Test against Australia last month, Lions flanker Tadhg Beirne was shown inhaling smelling salts as the rest of the team huddled up.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
To see it in person was just as shocking on my system as a whiff of smelling salts.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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