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ventilator

[ven-tl-ay-ter] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪ tər /




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"She's still in the hospital on a ventilator, critically ill," Pike's attorney Stephen Ferrell said on CNN.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Ferrell said: "She's still in the hospital, on a ventilator, critically ill, we really don't know the prognosis yet, and may not know for several days."

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

As of Thursday night, she was unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

As of Thursday evening, Pike’s attorneys said she is unconscious and on a ventilator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Billy Pilgrim was lying at an angle on the corner-brace, self-crucified, holding himself there with a blue and ivory claw hooked over the sill of the ventilator.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

It's a mammoth task: The vast majority of the city's 20,500 licensed food carts -- selling pretzels, peanuts and ice cream -- rely on generators to power stoves, freezers and ventilators.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Critical-minerals supply chains are far more complex than ventilators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Does she wonder how the people hospitalized on ventilators or who lost loved ones feel?

From Salon ● May 11, 2026

Although the fungus can exist on the skin without causing symptoms, patients who depend on ventilators face a much greater risk.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025

Sunlight and mild air came in through the ventilators.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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