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Recent Examples of airway
People with obstructive sleep apnea or chronic snoring should be especially cautious, because gravity can pull the tongue and soft palate backward and block the airway.
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Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Gravity can cause the tongue and soft palate to fall back and obstruct the airway, making breathing harder.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
Gravity pulls the tongue and soft palate backward in the supine position, which can obstruct the airway.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 9 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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Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Gravity can cause the tongue and soft palate to fall back and obstruct the airway, making breathing harder.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
Gravity pulls the tongue and soft palate backward in the supine position, which can obstruct the airway.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 9 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airway
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The Panama Canal is experiencing an uptick in traffic and generating more lucrative bids to transit the trade artery, aligning with a spike in demand for its reservation system as the Iran war lingers and uncertainty persists regarding the safety of the Strait of Hormuz.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Separate research from the University of California, Riverside found that routine microplastic exposure accelerated the formation of atherosclerosis, the artery-narrowing condition that underlies most heart attacks and strokes.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
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Trump this week floated a new plan to reopen the critical passageway used by America’s Gulf allies to export their oil and gas.—
Toqa Ezzidin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Restrictions on tanker traffic in this narrow passageway are largely to blame for levitating oil prices and the other economic reverberations being felt around the globe.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Several roadways in the immediate area were temporarily closed, but no evacuations were ordered, Kane said.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
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In the streets of Washington, word of the alarming development spread through discussions with rideshare drivers and in the overheard comments of tuxedoed attendees who blurted out comments in smartphone conversations while walking away from the original site of the dinner.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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For older students walking to school, encourage them to take a safe route with adult crossing guards, travel in pairs or groups, and to not use cellphones while crossing the street.—
Dr. Phyllis Agran,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Route 66 became official when the country adopted the numbered highway system in November of that year.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Mexican authorities last summer found 20 bodies, including several that were decapitated and four that were left hanging from a bridge over a highway, that appeared to be victims of a turf war between the Chapitos and rival Sinaloa faction La Mayiza.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That’s the road in a banana republic to high or even hyperinflation.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The wildfires burning tens of thousands of acres in the South have destroyed homes, prompted evacuations and closed major roads.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Some of these thoroughfares are decidedly more visit-worthy than others, and USA Today recently deemed one main street the best in the county.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Apr. 2026
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Her house sits on Palmer Road, a busy thoroughfare.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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According to the lawsuit, this bypass also ruptured at least four times in February.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Apr. 2026
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Without access to the turbines, water released from the dam must flow through much smaller bypass tubes that are unsafe to use for extended periods, choking flow from one of the West’s largest water banks.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Airway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airway. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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