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exhaust

[ig-zawst] / ɪgˈzɔst /




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Kpler estimates that current deliveries of around a million barrels a day—which mostly go to China—could exhaust the store of Iranian oil on the water by mid-October.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

“These trucks don’t have as much rattle, fumes, exhaust, things of that nature.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Contrails - also known as vapour trails - are made when the hot exhaust from aircraft engines meets the cold air at high altitude, creating ice crystals.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Arevalo is one of 10 street vendors testing whether they can ditch petrol generators to reduce noise, planet-warming emissions and health risks posed by exhaust fumes.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

The hot and sticky air stunk of car exhaust.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis

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

Core-collapse supernovae occur when a massive star exhausts the fuel needed to support its core.

From Science Daily May 27, 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

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

The rocket stood in the cold winter morning, making summer with every breath of its mighty exhausts.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Just like some people prefer aloof cats to Labrador retrievers, some people get exhausted by my extroversion and geeky enthusiasm.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

“You just kind of get annoyed and exhausted, because you think it’s an opportunity and it really isn’t,” she said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

"I wiped my computer and changed all my passwords and was exhausted emotionally and mentally drained," they said.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Still, their emotionally ruinous tug-of-war goes on for so many rounds that the movie limps toward the end credits exhausted.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Mal’s face was getting tighter and more exhausted, and Christopher bristled.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

But it may be more exhausting than thrilling to learn in the closing, apocalypse-ratcheting minutes that Na has more of his story planned.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

The findings indicate that rapidly exhausting neutral hydrogen cannot by itself explain why star formation has declined so strongly.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

The exhausting combination of heavy demands and a shrinking fleet is producing longer deployments—and wearing out crews and capital assets.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Another source of strain: In peacetime, the ports were used for rest and recuperation by sailors seeking a break from an aircraft carrier’s crammed quarters and exhausting routines.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

Through the hours there had grown between them a long, exhausting dialogue.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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