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Dreyer struck out Oneil Cruz looking to end the top of the eighth with a runner on third, fighting off the Pirates’ final gasp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

That's when cold water can cause a sudden heart attack by increasing your heart rate, or making you gasp for breath and inhaling water directly into the lungs, leading to drowning.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

That proved to be the last gasp for the American attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

She also – gasp – views the sniveling Mr. Collins favorably.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

It was all I could do to gasp and point.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

There were gasps and – to the intense irritation of supporters – cheers from opponents of assisted dying when the vote was read out in the Commons.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

There’s no more fitting description of a documentary that’s cobbled together from the dying gasps of ’90s fashion culture, when glamor and mischief reigned supreme.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

The underwater vehicle was coasting about six feet above the ocean floor, two miles deep, when a pinkish, mysterious creature swam into its camera’s sights, drawing gasps in the research vessel floating at the surface.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

The total eclipse plunged a vast swathe of Spain from broad daylight into darkness Wednesday, drawing awed gasps and applause from spectators gathered in parks and cities across the country.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

I could hear loud gasps from the children, but I pretended not to notice.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

Many in the audience laughed and applauded, when they should have gasped or moaned.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

I caught the film at a recent matinee in New Orleans, and children and adults alike gasped at Harryhausen’s movie monsters – from the looming metal colossus of Telos to the hissing and slithering Hydra.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Some of the crowd gasped as the sight came into view.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

By the time many of these rising talents were accruing debt in graduate writing programs, the dream of a sustainable career in the nonprofit theater had already gasped its last breath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Mrs. Clarke gasped, but Penelope was no longer the least bit afraid.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

No livestream could have delivered that shiver, or the silence of hundreds of strangers falling still, then gasping, in the same instant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

As a result of the physical exertion, the former chef claims that she “became dizzy, began choking and gasping for air, and required assistance from security personnel, who intervened by providing water and aid.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Fonseca's biggest weapon is the ferocious forehand that leaves opponents beaten and spectators gasping with excitement.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

And while health care has deteriorated badly in recent years because of shortages of medicines and equipment, it remains free — a system gasping but not abandoned.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026

I struggled to my feet, gasping for air, holding the tree with one hand and pushing my hair out of my face with the other.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles