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ventilator

[ven-tl-ey-ter] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪ tər /




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But like a ventilator, accountability doesn’t transfer, because there is no one there to receive it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

"A ventilator came to a halt, but we do have a generator at the hospital."

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

The girl had to be resuscitated, admitted to hospital and put on a ventilator, and she was subjected to medical investigations and procedures.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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 was shivering and he wanted above all to shove the books up through the ventilator again, but he knew he could not face Beatty again.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

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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