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The autopsy determined he died from asphyxia after aspirating his own vomit, and that his death was accidental.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025

At the time, modern abortion medications were not available, and the technique was performed by aspirating the contents of the uterus through a tube.

From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2022

With the air breathers, there’s different ways that oil gets into their bodies and one of them is basically aspirating the oil, which gets into the lungs and the circulatory system.

From The Verge • Oct. 8, 2021

Finally, came the important part: “aspirating framework” — indicating an aspirating detector in the cathedral’s attic, which was also known as the framework.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2019

Chommodious did Arrius say, whenever he had need to say commodious, and for insidious hinsidious, and felt confident he spoke with accent wondrous fine, when aspirating hinsidious to the full of his lungs.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir