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exhaust

[ig-zawst] / ɪgˈzɔst /




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Rocket exhaust can blast dust and loose material away from the ground, potentially affecting nearby equipment and structures.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The researchers say exposure can be reduced by choosing unscented products, improving ventilation with exhaust fans or open windows, and avoiding devices that generate ozone while scented cleaning products are being used.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

This is a secondary combustion system that injects raw fuel directly into a jet engine's exhaust stream behind the turbine, which gives the jet a big short-term boost in thrust.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Kpler estimates that current deliveries of around a million barrels a day—which mostly go to China—could exhaust the store of Iranian oil on the water by mid-October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

We left the blankets behind because we didn’t want to exhaust ourselves with too much to carry.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Core-collapse supernovae occur when a massive star exhausts the fuel needed to support its core.

From Science Daily ● May 27, 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

The emotion of their reunions exhausts them so that they often nap together under a tree, or in Ivanito’s narrow bunk bed.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Boutcher said "proportionate options" to police the parade had been "exhausted" and any operation to clear the route would have "catastrophic" consequences.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Will your question invite helpful suggestions, or, unbeknownst to you, poke a bear who is exhausted by people making this same mistake over and over?

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

As exhausted as Gibney may be with the subject, he can’t entirely rule out “Musk 2.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

At age 55, he was constantly exhausted, regardless of how demanding his day had been.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Our exhausted family trudges down the narrow steps to the basement.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

That level of effort does not require an exhausting workout.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

So, too, are the movies that depict journalism’s procedures and how arduous and exhausting they are.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Yet supporting Angel City, she says, has been as exhausting as it has been exciting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Applying for a passport is both exciting and exhausting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

She tootled up and down the shoreline, kicking at the waves and exhausting herself with joy.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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