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breath

[breth] / brɛθ /






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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

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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