ventilator
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Those with severe breathing difficulties might need to be placed on a ventilator.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Garfield went on to spend 64 days — 31 of them on a ventilator — fighting to recover from COVID-19 at Providence St. John’s Hospital, where he was known as “Patient Zero.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
His cough became so severe he had to send a WhatsApp message to tell her he was being put on a ventilator.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
Li, who suffers from a genetic degenerative condition that progressively weakens muscles, relies on a ventilator permanently connected to his windpipe to breathe, but grows celery with the help of his 62-year-old mother.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
He stood looking up at the ventilator grille in the hall and suddenly remembered that something lay hidden behind the grille, something that seemed to peer down at him now.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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