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The chemicals can be found in everyday products, such as gasoline, paints and pesticides, but in breathing machines, the fumes can be inhaled for hours at a stretch.
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Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 27 Sep. 2023
This void was made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic which saw lockdowns and restaurant closures for several months at a stretch.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
But don't worry if your baby sleeps for only 30 minutes at a stretch or seems nowhere close to sleeping through the night.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
Forecasters are looking at a stretch of warm and dry weather moving into next week.
—oregonlive, 19 July 2023
The two used primitive equipment in the late 1960s to record the sounds of humpback whales, which sometimes sing their eerie, complex songs for longer than a half-hour at a stretch.
—Patrick Whittle, ajc, 14 June 2023
But don't worry if your baby sleeps for only 30 minutes at a stretch or seems nowhere close to sleeping through the night.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 11 June 2023
For miles at a stretch the chimneys of the two power plants are visible against the horizon.
—Forbes Wealth Team, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
The Holden bill, modeled after a New York law that went into effect a few months ago, would remove much of the murkiness around solitary by limiting its use to 15 days at a stretch and 45 days in any 180-day period.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 27 Sep. 2023
This void was made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic which saw lockdowns and restaurant closures for several months at a stretch.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
But don't worry if your baby sleeps for only 30 minutes at a stretch or seems nowhere close to sleeping through the night.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
Forecasters are looking at a stretch of warm and dry weather moving into next week.
—oregonlive, 19 July 2023
The two used primitive equipment in the late 1960s to record the sounds of humpback whales, which sometimes sing their eerie, complex songs for longer than a half-hour at a stretch.
—Patrick Whittle, ajc, 14 June 2023
But don't worry if your baby sleeps for only 30 minutes at a stretch or seems nowhere close to sleeping through the night.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 11 June 2023
For miles at a stretch the chimneys of the two power plants are visible against the horizon.
—Forbes Wealth Team, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
The Holden bill, modeled after a New York law that went into effect a few months ago, would remove much of the murkiness around solitary by limiting its use to 15 days at a stretch and 45 days in any 180-day period.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
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