windpipe
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With the pressure inside my throat from the tube and the pressure outside the windpipe from my thyroid, maybe there was some damage to the nerves.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
Li, who suffers from a genetic degenerative condition that progressively weakens muscles, relies on a ventilator permanently connected to his windpipe to breathe, but grows celery with the help of his 62-year-old mother.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The stress starts even before the first cut, with intubation - the insertion of a breathing tube into the windpipe.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
It entails wrapping both arms around a choking victim from behind, making a fist just over the victim’s navel and thrusting upward sharply five times to eject an object that is obstructing the windpipe.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
So much so, I forced down the barbed lump of betrayal that’d lodged in my windpipe.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
If their windpipes are practically crushed inside their necks and their soft palates are elongated, frequently that is simply the way they are bred.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023
He implanted synthetic windpipes seeded with stem cells from the patients’ own bone marrow, with the hope the cells would multiply over time and provide an enduring replacement.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2023
Birds and reptiles have very different ways of producing sounds using the organs that surround their windpipes and lungs.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
Over the years, various methods have been used to repair or reconstruct damaged windpipes.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2021
Even that most doleful of Christian laments—“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”—sounded snappy and upbeat through these women’s windpipes as they sauntered along: “Nani oze mpasi zazo! Nani oze mpasi!”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
