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exhaust

[ig-zawst] / ɪgˈzɔst /




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"It feels like they're going to hope that we exhaust ourselves," she said.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Lizzie Davey recalls standing on Oxford Street in the early 1970s and being struck by the exhaust fumes.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

The program’s retirement trust fund is projected to exhaust its reserves in roughly six years — coinciding with each newly elected senator’s term.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The illuminated exhaust plumes were visible across the eastern United States, giving observers a remarkable view of the rocket's journey into space.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

A wall, a solid brick wall, erupted out of the exhaust pipe.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

A Greek Orthodox Christian and a protégé of tech billionaire Peter Thiel, Kratsios argued that when AI exhausts human knowledge, humanity will look beyond reason for ultimate answers about man’s place in the universe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

On a remote Cambridgeshire farm, where his nearest neighbour is half a mile away, Mathew Latta was making lunch when the peace was shattered by the sound of loud exhausts.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

When a massive star exhausts its nuclear fuel, its core collapses and triggers a dramatic explosion known as a supernova.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

Her construction project has begun and she hopes to move in by August -- before the $4,000 monthly rent she pays for a furnished apartment exhausts the housing allowance from her insurance.

From Barron's ● Jan. 4, 2026

But on most days, especially the warm ones, life exhausts him; the worsening traffic and graffiti and company politics, everyone grousing about bonuses, benefits, overtime.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Even though she was on her way to becoming a physician herself, and even though she was exhausted and stressed, and stress is a possible agitator for shingles, her doctors didn’t immediately find a diagnosis.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

By the time Stewart’s final voyage with “Star Trek” debuted in 2020, Picard was less of a Starfleet hero than a wise man exhausted by politics and cruelty.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

The program’s trust funds are expected to be exhausted by 2032, at which point beneficiaries may see cuts of about 26% to their payments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

She said she was left feeling stressed, exhausted and offended, it adds.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

And grabbed by an exhausted man with a scar on his forehead and a two.week-old beard.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

But while the novel is imposing from sheer size alone, the shift in medium lends their elaborate, occasionally exhausting storytelling a curious new potency.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

We’ve experimented with retirement simulations of our own, but we struggle to get the projected probability of success below 90%, much less find a realistic path toward exhausting our assets over the next 30 years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

"Despite exhausting every option available to us, we have been unable to reach a solution that allows us to play outwith a Saturday afternoon."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Any fooming process would quickly be self-liquidating, exhausting its supply of chips and power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

“I'll teach you to see the past, present, and future. Very exhausting work, seeing all those things,” he mumbled.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton


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