How to Use nitrous in a Sentence
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Would the scary girls with fairy wings still be hanging around a trust-fund junkie with a tank of nitrous?
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Claire Howorth,
Vanity Fair,
29 July 2026
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That volume is what separates nitrous from the other inhalants.
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Jesse M. Pines,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2026
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Most users dismissed side effects and medical concerns when asked about nitrous outside Red Rocks.
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John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
6 Aug. 2025
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The result is a resurgence that has burnished nitrous’s longtime reputation among users as a cheap, easy high — and one that has leaked out of concert parking lots and into the mainstream.
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John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
6 Aug. 2025
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The technique still needs sanding, and zero interceptions in 48 career games is concerning, but McCutchin’s combine testing gave his draft case a nice shot of nitrous.
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Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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At the state level, nitrous abuse is hard to track.
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John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
6 Aug. 2025
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Researchers credited public awareness campaigns for that, and have expressed support for new ones that target teenage nitrous abuse.
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John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
6 Aug. 2025
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Elsewhere in the parking lot, vendors — nitrous tanks poking out of their trunks — were selling balloons in different sizes, at $10 to $30 a pop.
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John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
6 Aug. 2025
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There are no reports or citations for nitrous use or sales from the Red Rocks parking lots this year, according to the Denver Police Department.
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John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
6 Aug. 2025
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Sustainability initiatives With the ship redo, Windstar added more energy efficient engines that reduce emissions of nitrous and sulfur oxides Advanced wastewater treatment systems were also installed.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Aug. 2026
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