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breath

noun as in wind or something in the air

noun as in respite, break

Strongest match

Weak match

noun as in hint, suggestion

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It wasn’t the mayhem of mass casualty events that shook her, nor the sound of shallow breaths as a patient who had been shot in the skull slipped toward death.

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My goal was to find a state of being so far away from living that my only function left was breath.

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So I don’t yet see them as a “dominating team” and am holding my breath while waiting for their luck to maybe run out.

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Though celebrations erupted in both Gaza and Tel Aviv, mediators and many civilians on both sides are holding their breath to see if the cease-fire will hold.

“Don’t hold your breath and hide under a table,” Rogers said, in a message to companies.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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