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Whether the barely rising and falling ribcage represents restorative sleep or a dying breath is hard to say.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024

“Maybe the Premier League is a step too far. Who knows? Maybe, maybe — but I will still be on that hill, wounded, my dying breath saying, ‘I believe, I do believe.’”

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024

“This was the love of my life,” she said, “and I had promised him that I would make sure, until my dying breath, that I was going to do what I could to pursue justice.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2022

A museum claims to own Thomas Edison's dying breath.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2022

All I can do is look after my children and look after my animals, and I will do both, to my dying breath.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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