oxygen mask
noun
: a device worn over the nose and mouth through which oxygen is supplied from a storage tank
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The airplane was climbing shortly after takeoff from Orange County, California, when flight attendants noticed oxygen masks in one of the plane’s rows were out of the overhead compartment.
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Paradise Afshar, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
Firefighters, who broke a window to reach Maya and her owner, used an oxygen mask on the dog for 15 minutes to revive her, after which she was rushed to the vet, Orlando said, adding that all her treatment was free.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2024
Just after takeoff, as the plane was below 10,000 feet and climbing, flight attendants noticed that the oxygen masks in one row of the middle of the aircraft were out of the overhead compartment.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2024
Headsets flew off and the oxygen masks were making a squealing noise after the pilots took them off, according to the documents.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2024
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Paradise Afshar, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
Firefighters, who broke a window to reach Maya and her owner, used an oxygen mask on the dog for 15 minutes to revive her, after which she was rushed to the vet, Orlando said, adding that all her treatment was free.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2024
Just after takeoff, as the plane was below 10,000 feet and climbing, flight attendants noticed that the oxygen masks in one row of the middle of the aircraft were out of the overhead compartment.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2024
Headsets flew off and the oxygen masks were making a squealing noise after the pilots took them off, according to the documents.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Oxygen mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxygen%20mask. Accessed 24 Sep. 2024.
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