exhaust
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One bill limits liability for rocket launchers that own at least 20,000 contiguous acres related to noise, exhaust and other disturbances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
He heard the garage door shut, followed by the roar of a car exhaust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
And when outside, they tend to be closer to the ground and nearer sources of exhaust fumes, for example.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
His lungs fill with fresh air, not like that exhaust.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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George Atef, a 38-year-old Egyptian civil servant in Kuwait, said: "What exhausts me most is not knowing when this situation will end -- the waiting itself has become draining."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 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
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
When I’m gone, they tuck her in, and at 2 a.m., when she pops up like a jack-in-the-box, giggling and whining, they sit with her until she exhausts herself and falls back to sleep.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
The flaming exhausts on my hoverboard turn ninety degrees—I’m shot forward like a bullet from a gun.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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In fact, the deeply personal lyrics were inspired by Parton’s mother and her exhausted loyalty to a husband who strayed and took her for granted.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 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
Canyon coach Nate Harrison was exhausted and exhilarated afterward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
“I’m exhausted all the time, don’t get me wrong,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Even if I had to work so hard to be the best that I was too exhausted to ever actually be my best.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Travel, she says, “was exciting, exhausting, anxiety-producing, disorienting, stimulating, joyful and difficult to explain to others.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
She would spend whole hours sucking her finger in the bathroom, holding herself back with an exhausting iron will so as not to eat earth.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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