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In late 1981, Bruce Springsteen was living in a rented house in Colts Neck, N.J., decompressing from a grueling world tour following the release of his 1980 album, “The River.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

He probably just needed some downtime, decompressing, healthy juices and vitamin D to get him back on track.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

On Friday, part of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 fuselage blew out at 16,000 feet on an Alaska Airlines flight out of Portland, leaving a large hole and decompressing the passenger cabin.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

Divers wearing specialized equipment and breathing helium-rich air mixtures can safely reach depths of just a few hundred feet below the surface before having to spend long periods decompressing on the way back up.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

An outgrowth of chaos mathematics, it is being used for compressing and decompressing high quality images.

From The Online World by De Presno, Odd