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She got something stuck in her windpipe.
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It was delivered by the 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama, whose torso uncorked in a fit of frustration that sent his right elbow whipping toward Reid’s windpipe like a torpedo bat flying through the strike zone.
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Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Willow pointed out the sculpture’s windpipe, constructed out of twisted wood, which extends above the lungs skyward.
—Isadora Pennington, AJC.com, 1 May 2026
Half a cherry tomato had been lodged in his windpipe, cutting off oxygen to his brain.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
In Chicago, Edwards witnessed a girl die from epiglottitis, swelling in the tiny cartilage covering the windpipe that closed her airway.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
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Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Willow pointed out the sculpture’s windpipe, constructed out of twisted wood, which extends above the lungs skyward.
—Isadora Pennington, AJC.com, 1 May 2026
Half a cherry tomato had been lodged in his windpipe, cutting off oxygen to his brain.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
In Chicago, Edwards witnessed a girl die from epiglottitis, swelling in the tiny cartilage covering the windpipe that closed her airway.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Windpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windpipe. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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windpipe
noun
wind·pipe
ˈwin(d)-ˌpīp 
Medical Definition
windpipe
noun
wind·pipe
ˈwin(d)-ˌpīp
: trachea
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