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
After a particularly big bloom at McLeod Lake in 2006, Stockton installed a bubble system in the Stockton Deep Water Channel to oxygenate the water and break up the algae, the Record reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
This caused a steep reduction in the number of burrowing invertebrates, which oxygenate sediments.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
I put the table between us, and began taking deep breaths to thoroughly oxygenate my blood, so it would help me in my forthcoming grapple with the big, over-grown giant.
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Harry Kemp
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
These strategies of remote control also extend to Banksy’s dealings with the news media, whose publicity oxygenates his fame and mystique, but whose enquiries can be an irritant.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2020
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 deep respiration oxygenates the blood and gives us power to resist diseases.
From What Every Singer Should Know by Millie Ryan
Modern alternatives to ice boxes are available that keep hearts beating and oxygenated while they are being transported.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
We should think about treating both the myocardial infarction both by quick recanalization of the vessel to restore oxygenated blood supply and also by targeting immune cells to mitigate the arrhythmic effects of the injury.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2025
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
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
So I walked and walked, oxygenating my lungs and mentally documenting all that was going on.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
