breathe
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"With the mask, I will have to breathe heavier," the 27-year-old said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Russell gave himself a golden opportunity to breathe some life into his almost-extinguished title hopes when he beat Verstappen off the line and took the lead into the first corner.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
It wasn’t until the CrossWave leveled off that I could breathe again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
She developed pleural effusion — fluid between the lungs and ribs — compressing her lungs and making it hard for her to breathe.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
I squeeze my eyes shut and count and breathe, count and breathe.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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The testing method is simple: a patient breathes into a cotton mask for about 10 minutes, and the mask is then sealed in a bag and taken to the lab.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Funaro, who relies on a wheelchair and breathes with a ventilator, has taken the neighbors to court, his family spending thousands of dollars on a legal battle that has lasted two years and counting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The film breathes in a dynamic way, the last few beats taking a startling turn toward a somber wistfulness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
David Raya fastens his gloves and breathes out.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Dad breathes out one last time, hugely, and drops his hands dramatically, which makes me giggle.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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And he breathed life into a stadium that had a crowd of only 49,104 — short of a sellout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Before going to sleep, the women placed three drops of oil into a paper cup and breathed in the scent for 10 seconds.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Another 17 percent of the world breathed "very poor" air, while five percent was exposed to "good" levels of ozone.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
But there is a positive atmosphere in No 10 too, one source telling me that the face-offs between Badenoch and Burnham have "breathed new life into the Labour versus Tory dynamic".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Jess breathed in the spicy smell of the pines.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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When Evans derails the conversation again, a new question pops up — an occurrence in this film as natural and frequent as breathing.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: Hatch’s new contactless bedside device tracks your sleep stages, breathing and bedtime habits without a watch or ring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
In February 2025, a relative brought Aurora to an emergency room for asthma, wheezing and difficulty breathing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Alexander disease can interfere with movement, thinking, and automatic bodily functions such as breathing and heart rate.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 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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