breath

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Lee, then, is left wondering if this is the true nature of mortality: a long pattern of disappointments, up to and including the moment you gasp your final breath.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

"I got quite emotional about it, as you would, and my breath was taken away, really. I was just kind of in a state of pleasant shock," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

His poems can seem like black crystals; hold them to the light and they glint with ash, Scripture, lovers’ voices and breath.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Americans fearing an audit can take a breath.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

His eyes flick to me for a moment—the longest moment all summer—but they’re back on Dara by his next breath.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith