exhaust
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Arevalo is one of 10 street vendors testing whether they can ditch petrol generators to reduce noise, planet-warming emissions and health risks posed by exhaust fumes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
As the din of clanking metal dims, the smell of grease and exhaust lingers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The boat was leaking fuel and continuing to emit exhaust from the motor as it sank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Employees must first exhaust their administrative remedies at an agency that cannot decide their case.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Fugitive scents wisped past his nose as he ran: oak leaves, fog, jasmine, car exhaust, ocean breeze, his own sweat.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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Her construction project has begun and she hopes to move in by August -- before the $4,000 monthly rent she pays for a furnished apartment exhausts the housing allowance from her insurance.
From Barron's ● Jan. 4, 2026
When a massive star exhausts its fuel, it typically collapses and explodes in a supernova, leaving behind a smaller black hole.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
But for the audience, those sentiments more accurately reflect Ramsay’s film, a slow burn that exhausts its welcome and dies in a blaze after losing its grip on a meandering narrative.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
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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Officials contend the discrepancy between the computer count and the paper tally is “a good deed that went punished” — the result of exhausted officials being handed an extra-credit project they couldn’t quite execute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Some universities offer need-based or merit-based institutional aid, and Austin said some schools are even offering institutional loans for students who have exhausted their federal options.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The wife of one sailor told MS NOW’s Priya Sidhar that the company is working 12-14 hour days and that her husband “said that he was exhausted working on the flight deck.”
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
"We found the exhausted after swallowing a lot of seawater," he told the news agency, adding "they were pale, especially the boys".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
By the time we’re finished, I’m exhausted, sweaty, covered in dust and ready for a shower.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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For us, Cuenca checks a lot of boxes, but the lack of an international airport makes travel long and exhausting.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
From health experts, entrepreneurs and influencers, here are ways to pursue a healthy body, mind and soul without exhausting your overdraft.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The story has elements similar to popular summer blockbusters, but they’re so finely remixed and retooled that they don’t bear such exhausting resemblance to their forebears.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Finding the perfect position appeasing those on either side of an issue is exhausting work and prone to error.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
This whole day has been exhausting; I can barely keep my eyes open.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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