emit

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They are also investigating whether similar mechanisms could help explain the lack of planets around binary pulsars, which are pairs of rapidly spinning neutron stars that emit regular radio pulses.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

“Reservoirs constitute an important source of methane,” said John Harrison, a professor at Washington State University’s School of the Environment who studies the greenhouse gases that reservoirs emit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

The suit alleged the turbines emit pollution and hazardous chemicals that have been linked to increases in asthma, respiratory diseases, heart problems and certain cancers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Power suppliers have previously been required to keep the operating rate of coal-fired thermal power stations that emit large amounts of carbon dioxide at or below 50 percent.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

I went to unzip my duffel but thought of all the dirty clothes stuffed inside, of the smell they'd emit, and thought better.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour