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inhale

[in-hayl] / ɪnˈheɪl /


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His staff focus on efforts to prevent illness caused by "the unhealthy air people inhale every day".

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

We inhale and ingest them from almost everything we touch, breathe, eat and drink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

However, Dr. Udelsman says it could potentially pose some risk because people nearby may inhale inflammatory particles that are believed to contribute to cancer development.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

I would close my eyes and inhale deeply, bracing myself for what was coming: a strange cocktail of sadness, panic, and the most bone-deep exhaustion I’ve ever experienced.

From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2026

“Okay, big deep breath,” I say, and we all inhale.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

At an Alaskan research station she inhales the scent of oxidizing permafrost: “Pleistocene-aged grass, mammoth bones, and thousands and thousands of years of microbial cells.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The large orange oblong zone “represents areas that are immediately dangerous to life and health, where it would cause injury if anybody inhales or is impacted by the product in question.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

With other hantaviruses, infections occur when a person is exposed to or inhales the dried droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

"A child playing on the floor inhales even more because the concentrations of particles are greater closer to the ground."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024

She picks up her container of chicken curry and inhales.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

When asbestos fibers are inhaled, they can become trapped in the lungs, where they trigger chronic inflammation that may eventually lead to cancer decades later.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Days after he helped extinguish the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles, Pasadena Fire Captain David Marquez inhaled his first dose of glutathione on the side of the road outside the Rose Bowl stadium.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Mom—who has inhaled every Philippa Gregory novel, and whose superpower is the ability to relate any topic back to Henry VIII’s wives—corrected him instantly: “Claude, Katherine is with a K.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

When coal dust is repeatedly inhaled over time, it causes scarring in the lungs that makes it difficult to breathe.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Approaching the Eagle Mountains, Taran felt his burden lighten, as he inhaled the dry, spicy scent of pine.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Among those cases was eight-year-old Luke Albiston-O'Donnell from Birkenhead, who died after inhaling toxic fumes from a house fire caused by an e-bike battery on charge in 2024.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

“If she were inhaling steam that was like 120 degrees Fahrenheit, imagine that in the back of your throat,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Because methylsiloxanes appear to be present almost everywhere in the atmosphere, researchers say people are likely inhaling them continuously.

From Science Daily ● May 13, 2026

Typically, hantavirus spreads by inhaling particles contaminated with the urine, feces or saliva of wild rodents.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

In my dream, people apologized for things that were about to happen, and lit candles by inhaling.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer




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