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chesty

[ches-tee] / ˈtʃɛs ti /


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Ten years ago she got a chesty cough, and initially thought it was tuberculosis.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2025

By the end, Carolina had finished with a 38-24 edge in shots on goal and outhit the Predators in a game with plenty of chippy moments and chesty exchanges between the teams.

From Fox News May 18, 2021

Carolina finished with a 38-24 advantage in shots on goal in a game with plenty of chippy moments and chesty exchanges between the teams.

From Seattle Times May 17, 2021

It made Dominick very chesty, kind of rushing somewhere, way ahead of himself.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2020

A pregnant young woman sat up and held her chest and began to cough, unending chesty coughing that was painful to hear.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Seizing his scissors, Cardin fashioned another, chestier paper jacket, put it on the evening jet from Paris to Nice, whence it was whisked by helicopter to Janis mere moments before the performance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even so, the Yankees walloped his Red Sox two for one, and pulled into Sarasota last week chestier than ever.

From Time Magazine Archive



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