exhaust fumes
Example Sentences
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Arevalo is one of 10 street vendors testing whether they can ditch petrol generators to reduce noise, planet-warming emissions and health risks posed by exhaust fumes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Catalytic converters turn toxic gases into water vapor and carbon dioxide, making car exhaust fumes less environmentally damaging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
"Why limit yourself? Why breathe in the exhaust fumes? Why be toxic? Come over here where the life and light and air and sound is."
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
They come from vehicle exhaust fumes, power plant combustion, and burning wood, and present the highest health risk.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024
Neither Wilfred nor Hilda came out to the porch, so I sat there, long after the thick billowing exhaust fumes faded into the white landscape.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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