breath
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While hydrogen breath tests conducted at home are commonly used to diagnose lactose intolerance, Shaukat says they produce a lot of false positives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
There was the tiredness, she says, and being out of breath after mild exercise but both were put down to being unfit and just post-school fatigue.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Take a deep breath in Hollywood’s Kimpton Everly Hotel and you may catch a whiff of sandalwood, leather, fennel, cardamom, violet and cedar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
But we reached a point where people said enough, and they took a breath, and we came back together and did not repeat it — at least until now.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
His breath is warm on my cheek and he smells good, like fresh rain, and my butterflies float up.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Prof Nazanin Derakhshan, a neuroscientist at Birkbeck, University of London, suggests focusing on six breaths per minute before presenting.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The cost of phone fatigue was not worth the short-term dopamine hit of my bird congratulating me on taking three deep breaths today.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Then, a few short breaths later, Sanders was running for, and winning, the Arkansas governor’s office once occupied by Bill Clinton.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Deep breaths of cool marine air kept that giddy feeling going.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Nathan forced himself to breathe long, slow breaths.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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