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ventilator

[ven-tl-ey-ter] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪ tər /




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Funaro, who relies on a wheelchair and breathes with a ventilator, has taken the neighbors to court, his family spending thousands of dollars on a legal battle that has lasted two years and counting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 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

On Wednesday, the government had released photos of him hooked up to a ventilator and visibly emaciated, after acknowledging that his situation was "critical."

From Barron's May 31, 2026

Her son Lewis, now 22, is dependent on a ventilator, as well as humidifiers, suction machines and oxygen concentrators, to keep him alive, after falling seriously ill as a toddler.

From BBC May 27, 2026

Eavesdropping's wrong, I know, but it was hardly my fault if Mum and Aunt Alice chose to natter right outside the ventilator flaps, was it?

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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

He said the ventilators had been provided during the Covid pandemic, but because of compatibility problems had never been used.

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

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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