exhaust

As the din of clanking metal dims, the smell of grease and exhaust lingers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The boat was leaking fuel and continuing to emit exhaust from the motor as it sank.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Employees must first exhaust their administrative remedies at an agency that cannot decide their case.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

They are also not conventional air conditioners, which work by removing heat from a room via an exhaust hose or external unit.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

I have only the haziest recollection of waving at my mother and sister in a rising cloud of diesel exhaust and mosquitoes as they began their slow, permanent exodus from the Congo.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

A white dwarf forms when a star exhausts the hydrogen fuel needed for nuclear fusion in its core but lacks the mass required to explode as a core-collapse supernova.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026

Her construction project has begun and she hopes to move in by August -- before the $4,000 monthly rent she pays for a furnished apartment exhausts the housing allowance from her insurance.

From Barron's ● Jan. 4, 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

She looks like everything exhausts her, including me.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Consumers have been resilient so far, but many are exhausted from five years of elevated inflation and they are facing an uncertain labor market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

By the end of the project, Dudamel was so exhausted he could barely speak a coherent sentence in what described as a state of transformation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

A notice posted at the entrance of Madrid's National Museum of Natural Sciences said its supply of protective glasses was exhausted.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

In 2024 then–Surgeon General Vivek Murthy identified one of the main culprits: “A ‘culture of comparison’—often perpetuated online—around milestones, parenting and achievements, ‘has left many families feeling exhausted, burned out, and perpetually behind.’

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

They were both exhausted and out of breath.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

Finding the perfect position appeasing those on either side of an issue is exhausting work and prone to error.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

They include power cuts and environmental catastrophes that disrupt economic activity and make daily life exhausting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Fora's Jonna Robertson, for her part, is counting on a seasonal redistribution, with trips to hotter countries taking place in spring or autumn, in order to avoid both overtourism and exhausting temperatures.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Anna, who has the right to lifelong anonymity, said the trials had been "emotionally exhausting" and added: "There were times when I really struggled having to relive what happened to me over and over again."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

It didnt snow again but the snow in the road was six inches deep and pushing the cart up those grades was exhausting work.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy