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
It is more the question of whether he has those hard edges to bring it to bear, or indeed whether he will get the air to breath in this winning machine.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2020
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
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