inhale
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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
People and animals can inhale them, raising concerns about potential health effects.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026
I feel myself flinch, and I inhale his cologne.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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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
And she inhales them at a rate that makes me wonder if she actually has the job she claims to have or spends all day curled up with the Modern Library.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 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 inhales the bread and continues to search for his next snack in the weirdest of places, including between the couch cushions and inside the old furniture drawers.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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If inhaled, some of these extremely small particles can penetrate deep into the lungs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 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
Mom—who has inhaled every Philippa Gregory novel, and whose superpower is the ability to relate any topic back to Henry VIII’s wives—corrected him instantly: “Claude, Katherine is with a K.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
When disturbed, it can be inhaled which can cause serious diseases and cancer, like diffuse mesothelioma.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
I inhaled like I’d just been punched in the gut as my heart slammed to a startled stop in my chest.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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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
The hopes of finding them alive were fading fast, since people can survive only so long trapped beneath the rubble without water while inhaling suffocating dust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
While washing food can remove most of the chemicals, direct exposure from inhaling Roundup while it’s sprayed on crops likely carries a much higher risk.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
After inhaling the fourth time, he let go of the tree and rolled sideways into the river, blowing the air out his mouth as he dropped.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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