oxygenate
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Look at trading for a key commodity with a heinous name: RBOB, short for reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Maternal blood to oxygenate us, all of us, when we were barely the size of a gummy bear.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024
This caused a steep reduction in the number of burrowing invertebrates, which oxygenate sediments.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
They are going to recirculate his blood to oxygenate it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2020
Take several long, deep breaths, oxygenate the bloodstream, then fill the lungs once and slide down under the surface.
From The Sensitive Man by Poul William Anderson
Surgeons would connect the blood vessels in the umbilical cord to a system that oxygenates blood outside the body.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2023
Crimmins says that because Maria’s lungs were not providing enough oxygen to her and Dylan, she was placed on ECMO, a life-supporting measure that oxygenates the blood outside of the body.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2021
You breathe in a fast, rhythmic way that oxygenates your brain, activating your parasympathetic nervous system and relaxing you.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2019
But that story is only the embers of something more, which the film steadily exhales over, oxygenates and causes to flame up.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2019
The air goes into the lungs, and that oxygenates the blood, but the lung has to inflate if the air is to penetrate all its vesicles.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren
Modern alternatives to ice boxes are available that keep hearts beating and oxygenated while they are being transported.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Amniotic fluid embolism can lead to heart and lung failure, which causes several complications due to a lack of oxygenated blood, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
In a shipworm burrow, a mussel could plug the hole with its body, creating a low-oxygen environment for its symbionts while still accessing oxygenated ocean water it needs outside the burrow.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
"While most adult diseases affect the left ventricle, which pumps oxygenated blood through the body, congenital defects affect mostly other heart regions essential to establish and maintain circulation."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023
It’s a slim chance, but the cold oxygenated water of the river might be our only chance to survive.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
In the Americas, doctors can help infected people by putting them on a life-support machine known as ECMO, for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which breathes for the patient by oxygenating the blood.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
These branches are ultimately responsible for oxygenating the blood in the lungs.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023
The latter is battery-powered, and when turned on it creates an oxygenating spiral motion in the water in the carafe, which is said to improve its taste.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2023
It is used when a ventilator isn’t enough, pumping blood out of the body, oxygenating it, and then returning it.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Alex took several deep breaths, hyperventilating and oxygenating his blood, knowing it would give him a few precious extra seconds.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
