wheeze
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Edi Rama does not deny that there is an element of a publicity stunt to his latest wheeze.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
But three days into a string of seven-hour rehearsals, her voice collapsed, the high notes so long her hallmark dissolving into a pitchy wheeze.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
“This repertoire — with its contrapuntal extravaganzas, its antiphonal balances, its espousal of instruments that chuff and wheeze and speak directly to a microphone — was made for stereo,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
Preschool asthma/recurrent wheeze is a leading cause of hospital admissions in children and results in poor lung function which persists for decades.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024
The street resonated with the wheeze of handsaws.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Such wheezes aren’t the most salient feature of the screenplay, though.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
They communicate through grunts, bellows and wheezes, a form of vocalization that plays a crucial role in the dynamics of the group.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2024
Guitars flutter, an accordion wheezes and a singer unwinds the triumphant tale of Fernando Ochoa Jauregui, a Modesto-area builder of food trucks and trailers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Whatever cunning wheezes No 10 conjures up, the hole the Conservatives need to climb out of is very deep.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023
I’m also conscious of my breathing, which wheezes a little if I exhale too much.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
But I’m the kind of person who trained for, and wheezed his way through, a cycling tour of Provence with his dad, but who almost never rode to work.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2023
In a hallway, half a dozen patients wheezed on metal benches as oxygen tanks pumped air into their noses.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
At Detroit Country Day School, the football team wheezed its way up a steep slope known simply as “The Hill” on the backside of the leafy campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
“I’ve never been that sick,” he wheezed through his thick metal door.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022
The Odd Fellows’ band wheezed away, pumping out a steady supply of festive waltzes and marches that could be heard all over the grounds.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Over a wheezing harmonica and lightly strummed guitar, the title character sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her father.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"More serious but less common symptoms include wheezing, chest pains or severe cough. If you think you are having a medical emergency, seek immediate medical assistance."
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
It’s like the quarterback and homecoming queen losing a popularity contest to a wheezing weirdo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Some 29% of parents surveyed said their child has had wheezing or breath whistling in the past, most in the last 12 months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025
The doctor seemed a little concerned that he was still wheezing.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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