ammonia
Example Sentences
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The fire did prompt two shelter-in-place orders when the fire reached an ammonia line, but Los Angeles Fire Department officials and Lineage say no ammonia was detected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
"The door was blocked by cat carriers and the smell of faeces and ammonia was overwhelming," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Officials said they have upgraded air monitors at nearby Eastman Avenue Elementary School to screen for hydrogen sulfide, methane and ammonia — all byproducts of rotting food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The team first identified a major contributor to the disease: an overgrowth of the bacterium Clostridium perfringens, which generates ammonia inside the gut.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
She opened the top bureau drawer and examined the bottles which constituted the medicine chest of the house— paregoric, Pain Killer, Lydia Pinkham, iron wine tonic, Hall’s Cream Salve, Epsom salts, castor oil, ammonia.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
