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ventilator

[ven-tl-ey-ter] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪ tər /




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Garfield went on to spend 64 days — 31 of them on a ventilator — fighting to recover from COVID-19 at Providence St. John’s Hospital, where he was known as “Patient Zero.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Lauren helps with physical tasks like typing and checking the post, and "acts like a translator" in meetings when George needs to wear his ventilator and may not be quite so easy to understand.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

They may require oxygen or intravenous fluid or even be put on a ventilator to help them breathe, according to the CDC.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

"He arrived with brain trauma, sedated, drugged, breathing with a ventilator," Interior Minister Armando Benedetti said.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

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




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