breathe
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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
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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
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
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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
He recognized it as he breathed it in.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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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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