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inhale

[in-heyl] / ɪnˈheɪl /


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His staff focus on efforts to prevent illness caused by "the unhealthy air people inhale every day".

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

We inhale and ingest them from almost everything we touch, breathe, eat and drink.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

People and animals can inhale them, raising concerns about potential health effects.

From Science Daily Apr. 24, 2026

I would close my eyes and inhale deeply, bracing myself for what was coming: a strange cocktail of sadness, panic, and the most bone-deep exhaustion I’ve ever experienced.

From Slate Mar. 15, 2026

It was as if he had been breathing through a straw and was finally able to use his whole airway to inhale again.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

First, hantavirus is a family of viruses that typically spreads to humans from rodent droppings or urine such as when someone inhales particles near infected rodents.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

With other hantaviruses, infections occur when a person is exposed to or inhales the dried droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents.

From MarketWatch May 12, 2026

"A child playing on the floor inhales even more because the concentrations of particles are greater closer to the ground."

From Science Daily Apr. 30, 2024

When it goes sideways, the kid inhales deeply, trains a hard glare on Asher, and says, “I curse you.”

From Salon Nov. 19, 2023

I know she’s taking Nate’s side, though, when she inhales a breath and then her lips press into a thin line.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

When asbestos fibers are inhaled, they can become trapped in the lungs, where they trigger chronic inflammation that may eventually lead to cancer decades later.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

Days after he helped extinguish the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles, Pasadena Fire Captain David Marquez inhaled his first dose of glutathione on the side of the road outside the Rose Bowl stadium.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

"It's like when there were no masks. When they appeared at KEK, it was too late because we had already inhaled it," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Mom—who has inhaled every Philippa Gregory novel, and whose superpower is the ability to relate any topic back to Henry VIII’s wives—corrected him instantly: “Claude, Katherine is with a K.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

She inhaled long and slow over her cup.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

That's when cold water can cause a sudden heart attack by increasing your heart rate, or making you gasp for breath and inhaling water directly into the lungs, leading to drowning.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The hopes of finding them alive were fading fast, since people can survive only so long trapped beneath the rubble without water while inhaling suffocating dust.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Most often, people become infected with these viruses by inhaling aerosolized urine or droppings from infected rodents.

From Salon May 9, 2026

Hantavirus is most commonly spread by inhaling particles contaminated with the virus — such as dried mouse urine, saliva or droppings.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

I stopped as though struck by a shot, deeply inhaling, remembering, my mind surging back, back.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison




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