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ventilator

[ven-tl-ey-ter] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪ tər /




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The money would be a reprieve from his healthcare costs and the electrical bills, which his family said have soared with his use of a ventilator to breathe.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

The "ventilator challenge" programme, where suppliers were asked to develop breathing equipment at short notice, led to another £143m charge for designs that never made it into production.

From BBC Jul. 14, 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

The ventilator that’s doing my breathing has a soothing rhythm like a metronome, in, out, in, out.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

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

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

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

Sunlight and mild air came in through the ventilators.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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