ventilate
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"They are asking estate agents very practical questions about temperatures during the last heatwave, whether it is possible to ventilate the home at night, and whether people sleep well in the bedrooms," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“It’s self-reinforcing: you ventilate at night, then shield from the sun by day, and it works well,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The system could eventually help ventilate greenhouses and other buildings without relying on fuel.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2026
Dry clothes outdoors if you can, rather than using a tumble dryer, or hang clothes indoors but ventilate well or use a dehumidifier to avoid damp.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
After a couple of years, the Captain raised Dad to section foreman, taught him how to lead men and operate and ventilate a mine, and instilled in him a vision of the town.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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As we followed a trail through waist-high grass, the sun was hot and a ridge blocked the breeze, the steady trade wind that reliably ventilates the Caribbean.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2015
The mastoid portion of the temporal bone, which can be felt as a bump in the skull behind the pinna, also contains air, which ventilates through the middle ear.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Like a healer, he helps us to come to terms with the miseries he ventilates on our behalf.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2010
And when their various pathologies grow suffocating, the director of photography, Michael Hardwick, ventilates the movie with pure Alaskan light and scrubbed, cerulean skies.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2010
It opens and ventilates the soil, and improves its mechanical condition to a remarkable degree.
From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous
Keep them ventilated during the day and, where possible, close internal doors between the conservatory and the rest of the house.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Durga Devi finds no relief after a day working in New Delhi's sweltering summer, because her poorly ventilated home radiates trapped heat, leaving her bedroom as hot as 45 degrees at night.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
After an 11-hour surgery last September, Etta needed to be ventilated and her abdomen covered with a mesh as it couldn't be fully closed due to swelling, but she now has a healthy liver.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
The Calligraphy is a bower of abundance, where visitors can recline in plushly padded, heated and ventilated captain’s chairs, dressed in high-grade Nappa leather: the Relaxation Mode seating package.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
The interior of the nests are like a three-dimensional maze, intricate arrangements of spiraling galleries, corridors, and arched vaults, ventilated and air-conditioned.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Homeowners say their builders have made mistakes as they attempt to put up homes as quickly and cheaply as possible, installing improperly sized HVACs, putting in windows incorrectly, or poorly ventilating attics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Fortunately, we can reduce that risk by ventilating buildings and filtering the air we breathe.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 20, 2022
These include “changing guidelines on ventilating patients, the use of high dose steroids in hospitalized patients, and identifying previously unknown or overlooked safety issues with some novel antiviral therapies,” Kheriaty declared.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
But Mr Gallagher said if there is evidence a tenant is not ventilating the home correctly, then the landlord may not be responsible.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2022
With the hook stuck in one of the ventilating holes in the top of my light, I lifted it back out on the ice and set it down.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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