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The nurses and pilots at Stanford Life Flight must wear protective yet unbreathable fire resistant fly suits before boarding the sweltering chopper.—Logan Carter / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 July 2024 But there are lots of options on the market, and rain jackets tend to get a bad rep for being unbreathable and bulky.—Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024 Mars people would live in glass domes, the outlet reported, since the planet’s air, with high levels of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, would be unbreathable.—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024 One of their schools was closed temporarily when the air became unbreathable due to wildfire smoke.—Barry Hatton and Helena Alves, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for unbreathable
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