ventilator
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You might say that Chicago’s pension funds currently have the equivalent of walking pneumonia—sick, but not yet on a ventilator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Salcedo is now breathing with the help of a ventilator and has just a 15% chance of survival, said his father, Javier Salcedo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
He spent nine days on a ventilator and 18 days on dialysis, during which time doctors gave him blood, platelet and plasma transfusions.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
On Wednesday, the government had released photos of him hooked up to a ventilator and visibly emaciated, after acknowledging that his situation was "critical."
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
She hid the branch behind the ventilator and slipped along the deck until she reached the first window.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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
GM and Ford teamed up with medical-device makers to churn out tens of thousands of ventilators during the early days of the pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 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
Human beings in there were excreting into steel helmets which were passed to the people at the ventilators, who dumped them.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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