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Recent Examples of airway
Unlike the seasonal influenza viruses, bird flu doesn't attack the cell receptors that predominate in a person's upper airways.
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Will Stone, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
When sleeping, the muscles in the mouth and throat relax, causing the airways to become blocked.
—Valerie Cacho, Verywell Health, 7 Feb. 2025
Mehra said an underdeveloped jaw could reduce airway size, encourage mouth breathing and disrupt sleep.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Snoring occurs because the airways in our throat are blocked.
—Celeste Polanco, Essence, 17 Jan. 2025
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Will Stone, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
When sleeping, the muscles in the mouth and throat relax, causing the airways to become blocked.
—Valerie Cacho, Verywell Health, 7 Feb. 2025
Mehra said an underdeveloped jaw could reduce airway size, encourage mouth breathing and disrupt sleep.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Snoring occurs because the airways in our throat are blocked.
—Celeste Polanco, Essence, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airway
Noun
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This waterway, which slices 50 miles across the isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is an artery of world trade and a key source of Panamanian pride.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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Same with our hearts; microplastics end up in our blood and can get stuck in our clogged arteries.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
14 Feb. 2025
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Where: 2000 Smallman St., Strip District, inside the 20th Street passageway.—
Chrissy Suttles,
Axios,
24 Feb. 2025
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Another is that researchers must create a highly compact and dense electron pulse to pass through the carbon nanotube passageway to begin with.—
The Physics arXiv Blog,
Discover Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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This position is responsible for professional and highly complex administrative work, control and processing of documents related to large scale programs and projects involving County roadways and related infrastructure.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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The most difficult travel conditions are expected on secondary roadways, including gravel and dirt roads.—
Joe Edwards,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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Replacing the outgoing Forte, the new Kia K4 is slightly larger and roomier than its predecessor and brings more street style to the table as well.—
Kristin Shaw,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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According to police, neighbors on the otherwise idyllic-looking street had no idea what was going on inside.—
Gina Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2025
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But the town’s cohesion frayed in the late twentieth century as factories shuttered, leaving behind dangerous pollution, and the construction of an interstate highway demolished the historic downtown.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The road is closed from Blue Ridge Cut Off/Exit 9 to Sterling Avenue/Exit 10 in Kansas City.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
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Motorsports have a long history of bringing race technologies to the road.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As armored tanks drove down the main thoroughfare, scared and teary-eyed residents acknowledged being at a total loss.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
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Another ordinance gives squirrels the right of way on all public streets, sidewalks and thoroughfares in Olney, and implements a $750 fine for harassing one.—
Michelle Mastro,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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As were those with a history of significant heart problems (heart attack, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, coronary angioplasty or ‘stents’) and/or a family history of premature (before age 40) death from cardiac causes.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Feb. 2025
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Franciscan Health Crown Point earns national notice Franciscan Health Crown Point has been recognized as being in the top 100 in the nation for medical excellence in major cardiac surgery and coronary bypass surgery by CareChex® Awards by BluCareChex Quantros, a release said.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Airway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airway. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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