exhaust
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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
Sunlight reaches the exhaust high in the atmosphere, making the spreading plume shine brightly against the darker sky below.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Which smells like pine mixed with a little bit of truck exhaust.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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For a reader he is like a guest who overwhelms and exhausts, but who is then invited back for the sheer enjoyment of his absorbing tales, striking insights and charm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
February saw a surge in both trading activity, which often accompanies comes as a price swing exhausts itself, and institutional repositioning.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
When the star exhausts its fuel, this balance collapses.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2025
But for the audience, those sentiments more accurately reflect Ramsay’s film, a slow burn that exhausts its welcome and dies in a blaze after losing its grip on a meandering narrative.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
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
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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
He said: "He was distraught. He didn't know how he was going to manage it. He was absolutely exhausted after the first experience."
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Everyone is so exhausted after that you spring for takeout.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Nanuq’s eyes fluttered open for a second, and he let out an exhausted little huff.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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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
Any fooming process would quickly be self-liquidating, exhausting its supply of chips and power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Situation: By that time, Snell is at 99 pitches, two shy of his season high, after the exhausting battles with Vaughn and Bauers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
So after exhausting all options, I realize that I’m going to have to ask Kelton for some neighborly help.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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