exhaust
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As the din of clanking metal dims, the smell of grease and exhaust lingers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
In response, an Ofcom spokesperson said it had made the decision a "matter of days ago" following "months of work to exhaust all possible legal routes".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The boat was leaking fuel and continuing to emit exhaust from the motor as it sank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Employees must first exhaust their administrative remedies at an agency that cannot decide their case.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Even if you try to ignore it, the energy it takes to ignore it will exhaust you.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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On a remote Cambridgeshire farm, where his nearest neighbour is half a mile away, Mathew Latta was making lunch when the peace was shattered by the sound of loud exhausts.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
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
But for the audience, those sentiments more accurately reflect Ramsay’s film, a slow burn that exhausts its welcome and dies in a blaze after losing its grip on a meandering narrative.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
The rocket stood in the cold winter morning, making summer with every breath of its mighty exhausts.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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Their replica shirts cost £55, but Spirit have already exhausted the supply they had earmarked for both 2026 and 2027.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Sweaty, exhausted and streaked in grass stains, the families gathered in the common room for the deciding match.
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
In 2024 then–Surgeon General Vivek Murthy identified one of the main culprits: “A ‘culture of comparison’—often perpetuated online—around milestones, parenting and achievements, ‘has left many families feeling exhausted, burned out, and perpetually behind.’
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
A few hours later, while the exhausted Don Quixote was still asleep, they grabbed him and put him in the cage.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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Finding the perfect position appeasing those on either side of an issue is exhausting work and prone to error.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Managing that contradiction was, by multiple accounts, exhausting inside the People’s Bank of China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Her car offers air conditioning and privacy, but the living conditions are "exhausting", Nishiyama said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
"That becomes very exhausting because it's a very difficult place to navigate."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
To confront that kind of energy day in and day out was mentally and emotionally exhausting, and now my mother could see it on my face.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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