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asthmatic

[az-mat-ik, as-] / æzˈmæt ɪk, æs- /


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Tony and Becs Wadley say they can't spend Christmas at home after insulation installed under a government scheme has caused black mould in several rooms, and their asthmatic son can't be inside the property.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

“I’m an anxious, asthmatic, ADHD, gay, diabetic Jew,” he shrieks, repeating the list so that the audience can register the gravity of the situation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024

As portrayed here, Stanton is intense, asthmatic, married to the job and thus neglecting his actual wife; you know the drill.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

He's also asthmatic, which is true, and to a degree that prevents him from moving fast enough to intercept Booth as his officers close in.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024

The children greeted Aureliano Segundo with excitement because he was playing the asthmatic accordion for them again.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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