air conditioner
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SANTORINI, Greece—John Volkoff spent a half-hour inside a cave here in July, with his head tilted sideways under the ceiling and the temperature rising because his 6-foot-3 frame was blocking the air conditioner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
A fire erupted in a hospital maternity ward in Islamabad on Wednesday killing 14 infants, Pakistan authorities said, blaming a faulty air conditioner for the blaze.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
"A typical portable air conditioner adds roughly 25p to 40p an hour to your electricity bill," it says.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Your only remaining responsibility is to slice a lime for the bowl — and perhaps one for the drink you’ll carry back to the couch, where the air conditioner is already hard at work.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
His eyes flicked up at the hole in the ceiling and then swept over the massive metal air conditioner wedged into the floor.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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