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breathe

[breeth] / brið /


VERB
inspire action
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When people breathe out CO2, most of that carbon originally came from the food they consumed.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

The narrow streets became so tightly packed that people could not move and some were unable to breathe.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

It feels stark now, our choices: We picked the yard with the ornamental cherry tree over the proximity of a friend who can run over when our baby is struggling to breathe at 3 a.m.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

"Tens of thousands of babies are suffering from health problems. They cannot breathe" because of the fires emitting a toxic haze that has spread far across the region.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

A rainbow flashed through the spume and spray… then the waves smoothed out like a skin and suddenly there was no more river in front, and it was hard to breathe as he went over.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

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

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

David Raya fastens his gloves and breathes out.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

“I was coming to find you,” he says, breathes, almost into my ear.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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

He recognized it as he breathed it in.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Bas describes that first half hour after his parents stopped breathing as "a factual thing" - they weren't alive anymore.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Although the study reveals a surprisingly large amount of CO2 production, its findings should not be interpreted as evidence that human breathing is a major cause of global warming.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

It’s not just the new Croissant bag that’s drawing from — and breathing new life into — the archive, it’s Maria Grazia Chiuri herself and even the Fendi woman she represents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The demos are lovely, ethereal sketches, documenting Townshend breathing life into his creations for the first time.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

The only thing I heard was my deep breathing, the thumping of my heart, and the panting of Old Rowdy.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls


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