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ventilator

[ven-tl-ay-ter] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪ tər /




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It’s easier to say you don’t want a ventilator when it’s hypothetical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

She was taken to the hospital, where she was intubated and placed on a ventilator.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

She survived the injections, however, and was rushed to hospital, where she had been unconscious and on a ventilator in critical condition.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Ferrell said: "She's still in the hospital, on a ventilator, critically ill, we really don't know the prognosis yet, and may not know for several days."

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

One of them saw Billy’s face at the ventilator.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

Do you want feeding tubes, ventilators or other life-sustaining measures?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

It's a mammoth task: The vast majority of the city's 20,500 licensed food carts -- selling pretzels, peanuts and ice cream -- rely on generators to power stoves, freezers and ventilators.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Does she wonder how the people hospitalized on ventilators or who lost loved ones feel?

From Salon ● May 11, 2026

Although the fungus can exist on the skin without causing symptoms, patients who depend on ventilators face a much greater risk.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025

Number Four was undoubtedly one of the huge ventilators on the surface that forced air through the mine.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam


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