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  • So, we thought, oxygen-starved kids on commercial flights would be the final barrier of resistance in the relentless onslaught of The Mask.

    Craig Crawford: Revenge of the Mask Craig Crawford 2011

  • The bacteria appeared to draw down 100 million tons of oxygen from the water, not enough to cause an oxygen-starved dead zone that would be fatal to other marine life, the researchers said.

    Microbes Mopped Up After Spill Robert Lee Hotz 2011

  • No. 4: “My shame took its place in a vast backdrop of shames – oxygen-starved astronauts, war-exiled orphans, dwindling and displaced species – against which I puttered through daily life, attending parties and combating hangovers, recording voice-overs and granting interviews to obscure fan sites, drinking coffee and smoking joints with Perkus, and making contact with real feeling unpredictably and at random, at funeral receptions, under rain-sheeted doorways.”

    2009 November 05 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

  • So, we thought, oxygen-starved kids on commercial flights would be the final barrier of resistance in the relentless onslaught of The Mask.

    Craig Crawford: Revenge of the Mask Craig Crawford 2011

  • Dive down past bleached and oxygen-starved coral to witness the Dead Zone that lies beneath:

    Brenda Peterson: Gulf Oil Spill Meets Dead Zone: What Lies Beneath 2010

  • Blood cells were clumping and clogging his capillaries, and his oxygen-starved organs were beginning to fail.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • The authors cite the negative impact on water tables in some agricultural areas and the significant pollution problems associated with nitrogen and phosphorus in fertilizers and pesticides which "have infiltrated surface water and rivers, creating oxygen-starved zones in waterways."

    Andrew Gunther: U.S. Scientific Establishment Throws Down Gauntlet to Big Ag 2010

  • Blood cells were clumping and clogging his capillaries, and his oxygen-starved organs were beginning to fail.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • At this point, my brain is oxygen-starved, so we stop running.

    For Humans, Slow And Steady Running Won The Race 2010

  • At this point, my brain is oxygen-starved, so we stop running.

    For Humans, Slow And Steady Running Won The Race 2010

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