exhaust
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The trust fund that pays retirement and survivor benefits is projected to exhaust its reserves in late 2032, according to the program’s trustees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The program’s retirement trust fund is projected to exhaust its reserves in roughly six years — coinciding with each newly elected senator’s term.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
As the rocket climbed above Earth carrying a Dragon spacecraft, sunlight illuminated its expanding exhaust plumes, creating an enormous glowing shape that resembled a jellyfish.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Rocket exhaust can blast dust and loose material away from the ground, potentially affecting nearby equipment and structures.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The rocket fire had extinguished, though smoking bronze exhaust vents still jutted from the stern.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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On a remote Cambridgeshire farm, where his nearest neighbour is half a mile away, Mathew Latta was making lunch when the peace was shattered by the sound of loud exhausts.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
When a massive star exhausts its nuclear fuel, its core collapses and triggers a dramatic explosion known as a supernova.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
February saw a surge in both trading activity, which often accompanies comes as a price swing exhausts itself, and institutional repositioning.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Judges then stunned the nation by ordering Sarkozy to swiftly start serving his sentence, dispensing with the usual practice of waiting until a white-collar convict exhausts the appeals process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
The emotion of their reunions exhausts them so that they often nap together under a tree, or in Ivanito’s narrow bunk bed.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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Either explanation would offer valuable insight into the destruction of rocky worlds and the complex processes that can continue long after a star has exhausted its fuel.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
A work this vast cannot be exhausted by one interpretation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Even though she was on her way to becoming a physician herself, and even though she was exhausted and stressed, and stress is a possible agitator for shingles, her doctors didn’t immediately find a diagnosis.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
He said: "He was distraught. He didn't know how he was going to manage it. He was absolutely exhausted after the first experience."
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“To be honest, I’m worried about you. You look exhausted, Jakob. And much too thin. How long have you been here?”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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But while the novel is imposing from sheer size alone, the shift in medium lends their elaborate, occasionally exhausting storytelling a curious new potency.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
We’ve experimented with retirement simulations of our own, but we struggle to get the projected probability of success below 90%, much less find a realistic path toward exhausting our assets over the next 30 years.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
It must be exhausting for him and his team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Situation: By that time, Snell is at 99 pitches, two shy of his season high, after the exhausting battles with Vaughn and Bauers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
After an exhausting hour or so of this melodrama, v.L. took a break and sauntered over to have a chat with me.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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