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breathe

verb as in take air in and let out

verb as in inspire action

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verb as in tell information

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After 10 minutes I could hear him breathing heavily behind me and 'I thought I've got him, he's not getting through 90 minutes'.

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As he breathes in the sea air, such freedom felt distant earlier this year as he fought starvation, abuse and violence.

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"I can breathe now," Nour says when we visit, her hand on her neck.

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It affects the nerve cells in the brain that control movement, which eventually leads to the loss of the ability to speak, move, swallow and breathe.

He carried Elston out of the stands and had to perform CPR to get her to start breathing again before they were both treated by medics, Talebi said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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