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Recent Examples of airway
The American Heart Association's current guidelines for choking emergencies involving infants include using one's hand to strike the back repeatedly, alternating with chest thrusts if needed, to help clear the young child's airway.
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Children may be particularly vulnerable because of their smaller airway diameters and greater deposition volume per body weight.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Over the past month, Sebastian has undergone several surgeries for his burns and airway, with another scheduled for next week, his father said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Grinding may tighten your airway muscles and limit jaw movement, helping keep your tongue from blocking your airway.
—Brandon Peters, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Children may be particularly vulnerable because of their smaller airway diameters and greater deposition volume per body weight.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Over the past month, Sebastian has undergone several surgeries for his burns and airway, with another scheduled for next week, his father said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Grinding may tighten your airway muscles and limit jaw movement, helping keep your tongue from blocking your airway.
—Brandon Peters, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airway
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Breast arterial calcifications, which are specific to breast arteries, are different from the calcifications common to other areas of the breast.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
3 Jan. 2026
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Christopher Gardner, a nutrition scientist at Stanford University School of Medicine, told NPR that beef tallow and other saturated fats, such as butter, can clog arteries and lead to high cholesterol, both risk factors for heart disease and stroke.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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The Comodus Tunnel, a secret passageway used by Roman emperors to access the Colosseum, just opened to the public this fall.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Price is deliciously diabolical in the film, which is full of literal and metaphorical trap doors and secret passageways.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Jan. 2026
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Protesters at times refused orders to disperse, sitting in the roadway.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The unrest entered its 12th day with general strikes spreading across major commercial centers and street clashes intensifying, particularly in western Iran.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Similarly, drivers who routinely leave their vehicles on busy streets overnight are naturally more likely to have their cars damaged or stolen.—
Ethan M. Stone,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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Newsom’s closure of that highway, where shrapnel actually fell on police vehicles, probably saved both lives and plenty of property damage.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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If no shelter is available avoid trees, power lines, and the side of the road.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Jan. 2026
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Dior has opened its first boutique in Sweden on Stockholm’s Birger Jarlsgatan Avenue, the city’s top shopping thoroughfare, with brands including Chanel, Bottega Veneta, Moncler and a host of local high-end stores.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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It is situated at the intersection of two long thoroughfares — one that runs north to south and a second that runs east to west — which might have been used as processional routes.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Her mother had a heart attack and a double bypass, and an older sister had a heart attack and has a pacemaker.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
3 Jan. 2026
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Construction on the section of University Drive is expected to take 18 months, and is expected to start sometime in 2029 to line up with the completion of the northern section of the bypass channel.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Airway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airway. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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