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inhale

[in-hayl] / ɪnˈheɪl /


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His staff focus on efforts to prevent illness caused by "the unhealthy air people inhale every day".

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

We inhale and ingest them from almost everything we touch, breathe, eat and drink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Did he inhale too deeply the vapors of power?

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

There is a risk of drowning if you inhale water.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

I press my face to the fabric and inhale, to see if it still smells like her.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

The large orange oblong zone “represents areas that are immediately dangerous to life and health, where it would cause injury if anybody inhales or is impacted by the product in question.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

First, hantavirus is a family of viruses that typically spreads to humans from rodent droppings or urine such as when someone inhales particles near infected rodents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

With other hantaviruses, infections occur when a person is exposed to or inhales the dried droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

"A child playing on the floor inhales even more because the concentrations of particles are greater closer to the ground."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024

He nestles his face in the crook of my neck and inhales deep.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

When asbestos fibers are inhaled, they can become trapped in the lungs, where they trigger chronic inflammation that may eventually lead to cancer decades later.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

"It's like when there were no masks. When they appeared at KEK, it was too late because we had already inhaled it," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

When disturbed, it can be inhaled which can cause serious diseases and cancer, like diffuse mesothelioma.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

He inhaled it in a few days, and then reread it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

We’d apparently run out of hot water while I sat on the floor staring at that message, and I inhaled hard as icy water jolted me out of my preoccupied fog.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

While handling the moldy dishes, she experienced “stomach pain, a headache and a strange sensation in her nose, which she believed was caused by inhaling the fuzzy mold,” the union’s complaint said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

That's when cold water can cause a sudden heart attack by increasing your heart rate, or making you gasp for breath and inhaling water directly into the lungs, leading to drowning.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

“If she were inhaling steam that was like 120 degrees Fahrenheit, imagine that in the back of your throat,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Because methylsiloxanes appear to be present almost everywhere in the atmosphere, researchers say people are likely inhaling them continuously.

From Science Daily ● May 13, 2026

I didn’t say anything back, just pretended I didn’t hear him and let Chris go on inhaling his food like a human vacuum.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds


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