smelling salts
Example Sentences
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The NFL came to his rescue, saying smelling salts — also known as ammonia inhalants, or AIs — were not banned.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026
Football leans on tradition, providing convenient cover for the NFL’s lenient stance on smelling salts, ammonia crystals that players believe enhance performance when inhaled.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026
Sometimes it’s Harris offering Scott smelling salts — a practice Dicker, who is naturally amped, skips.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025
During half-time of the first British and Irish Lions' Test against Australia last month, Lions flanker Tadhg Beirne was shown inhaling smelling salts as the rest of the team huddled up.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025
She came running with smelling salts, but she got it too close to her mistress’s nose.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
