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ventilator

[ven-tl-ay-ter] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪ tər /




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She survived the injections, however, and was rushed to hospital, where she had been unconscious and on a ventilator in critical condition.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Pike is currently in critical condition on a ventilator, with burned and blistered arms, according to her lawyers.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

As of Thursday evening, Pike’s attorneys said she is unconscious and on a ventilator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

She was unconscious and on a ventilator at the time of writing.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

An hour after the lights went out, disdaining Mammachi’s frightened pleading, little Ammu crept back into the house through a ventilator to rescue her new gumboots that she loved more than anything else.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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

Critical-minerals supply chains are far more complex than ventilators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Does she wonder how the people hospitalized on ventilators or who lost loved ones feel?

From Salon ● May 11, 2026

Both say the 40 ventilators are in a shipping container, that they are not compatible with Wrexham Maelor's systems and were supplied at the start of the pandemic by the Welsh government.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

I watched as Mama and Baba lay there in medically induced comas with ventilators breathing for them because their lungs were full of fluid.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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