breather
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Bank Indonesia kept its benchmark seven-day reverse repo rate unchanged at 5.75%, taking a breather after delivering a cumulative 100 basis points of rate increases in May and June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Nothing that caused Brazil a scintilla of concern, but it was a breather, a break from the tormenting ways of Brazil's phenomenon on the left wing if nothing else.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The markets seemed to take a bit of a breather on Tuesday after a three-day run.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
It’s best for everyone, Mace included, that she take a breather to touch grass.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
Now that District 2 has allied with us, the rebels are taking a breather from the war to regroup.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
The idea of Cirque du Soleil might invite images of extravagant live shows with clowns, acrobats and fire breathers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2023
And while they’re busy at OPICA, their caregivers get breathers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
Sometimes they appeared to be catching midweek breathers to heal their battered bodies.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
During breathers when she’s standing away from the Washington Mystics’ sideline.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022
Pretty soon it sounded like the five other breathers in the shed had left.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
