Example Sentences

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

From Salon • May 11, 2026

GM and Ford teamed up with medical-device makers to churn out tens of thousands of ventilators during the early days of the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 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

This part of the inquiry will also look at the purchase of ventilators to help patients breathe, as well as millions of lateral flow and PCR tests.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

Number Four was undoubtedly one of the huge ventilators on the surface that forced air through the mine.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam