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breathe

[breeth] / brið /


VERB
inspire action
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"While they were trying to stabilise her, she could not speak but she could make hand gestures. She was struggling to breathe," said Ezugwu, who is music director of the Amemuso Choir where Ifunanya sang.

From BBC

Before tech companies breathe a sigh of relief though, she hints she won't be swayed from her career-long mission of making the tech world safer.

From BBC

But then it turned into a pretty good week, and she must have breathed a sigh of relief.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's not that I love skiing, it's that I'm obsessed with it. And I've lived and breathed this moment for the last year."

From Barron's

I had volunteered to stand there for 10 minutes; breathing in dirty air as part of an experiment to understand how air pollution is affecting our bodies and damaging our health.

From BBC