exhaust
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It's a situation F1 forced on itself by removing the MGU-H, which recovered energy from the turbo and exhaust, and not allowing recovery from the front axle.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
But he still makes his fair share of on-site repairs for drivers who accidentally sheared off a side mirror or rooftop exhaust fan in their scramble to make it to an event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
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
As the din of clanking metal dims, the smell of grease and exhaust lingers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
But beneath all that, there was also the exhaust from cars and buses.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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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
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
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"We found the exhausted after swallowing a lot of seawater," he told the news agency, adding "they were pale, especially the boys".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest potential victim of a still-mysterious ailment in southern Kenya.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
We were cold and dirty and exhausted, but at least we were full from the pies Martha had given us.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Hot weather can make travel unpredictable, and access issues can waste valuable time on an already exhausting day.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Finding the perfect position appeasing those on either side of an issue is exhausting work and prone to error.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
But in practice they encourage disruptive student behavior, wrecking schools and exhausting teachers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
Keeping track of Good and Evil was exhausting, especially when Evil looked like such a respectable person.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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