breathe
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"I think that sometimes we forget to breathe, like really intentionally breathe, and we underestimate the powers that it might bring to our body and mind."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The result was a 23-minute-long heartfelt video that was so funny at times that I couldn’t breathe from laughing so hard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
It is making homeowners struggle to breathe and costing them millions in repairs and healthcare bills, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
For now, it seems to still offer something increasingly difficult to find on Europe’s most coveted coastlines: room to breathe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
I do as she says, and together we both stay still and just breathe.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
But watch to see who breathes a word about Success Academy Bronx K-12, a flagship charter school that’s intended as a model for the nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"We need to draw on the knowledge of the people who once worked here, those who understand how the saltwork breathes," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Observe how the fabric breathes as she jogs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
TB is spread through the air when an infected person speaks, coughs or sings and a nearby person breathes in the germs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
Ben closes his eyes and breathes in, recentering himself.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Caroline was mostly a stay at home mum and the family hadn't heard of mesothelioma before, but quickly learned it likely came from asbestos fibres she will have unknowingly breathed in many years before.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The cosplayer, who breathed heavily into the microphone à la the movie villain, was formally called to the podium by the name Darth Vader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Why Bessent’s Treasury operations have breathed life back into the gold trade.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Investors breathed a sigh of relief at the data and pared their bets on a Fed rate hike this month, though analysts warned the latest US-Iran flare-up could complicate matters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Leale leaned forward and breathed air from his own lungs directly into Lincoln’s mouth and nostrils.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
She says the last step of box breathing, where you hold after you exhale, is what causes the greatest change physiologically.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
After leaving the cell, officers returned a short time later to find Hoyos-Munoz unconscious and not breathing, the spokesman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Mayer was unable to get in behind her jab for long periods and was bleeding and breathing heavily by round six.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
"Box breathing trains us to get used to variations in carbon dioxide in the blood and in the brain and helps overcome feelings of panic," she explains.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
I can’t even out my breathing, and my legs are so tired I want to go lie down on the grassy patch at the side of the road.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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