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breathing

adjective as in respiring

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adjective as in alive

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We sat at the picnic table breathing hard.

As the nerve cells stop working, swallowing and breathing become more challenging and many people need feeding tubes or breathing apparatus to help them stay alive.

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According to the charity MND Association, the disease kills a third of people within a year and more than half within two years of diagnosis, as swallowing and breathing become more difficult.

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That gave Hamilton the chance to attack Antonelli, but he ran wide with two laps to go and gave the Italian rookie some breathing space.

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

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