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get the air

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Atmospheric pressure, which is around 14 pounds per square inch, helps get the air into the vent pipes.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023

This directionality of airflow requires two cycles of air intake and exhalation to completely get the air out of the lungs.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

You don’t get the air pressure from satellites.

From The Verge • Jul. 23, 2021

He ran the engine several times to get the air out.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2018

I couldn’t hear properly anymore, and I couldn’t get the air or water or whatever it was out of them.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo