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ventilator

[ven-tl-ay-ter] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪ tər /




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

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

"She is intubated, on a ventilator, and remains unconscious," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Street magic is dying a slow death. It is on a ventilator."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

A ventilator can carry out a life-sustaining task, while accountability remains entirely with clinicians and hospitals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Billy Pilgrim was lying at an angle on the corner-brace, self-crucified, holding himself there with a blue and ivory claw hooked over the sill of the ventilator.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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

Within weeks, the GM-Ventec partnership began shipping thousands of ventilators to hospitals.

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

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

To the guards who walked up and down outside, each car became a single organism which ate and drank and excreted through its ventilators.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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