pant
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While throwing, the chimpanzees pant hoot — a loud, long-distance communicative signal — and sometimes repeatedly hit their hands and feet on the tree in a behavior called buttress drumming.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Legal experts have noted that consumers are unlikely to have any legal case against the retailer because the oversized dimensions of the pant legs put them in the category of obvious risk.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Bennett completed the training late last year and is now a tailor’s apprentice at the department-store chain, where he is getting real-life experience on the intricacies of pant hems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Dogs pant to keep themselves cool, but the shorter snouts of certain flat-faced breeds like bulldogs and pugs make this difficult.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
He paused to reach under his pant leg and scratch at the red splotches on his calf.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
She wore leather pants and what Steinem later recalled as “an improbable hairdo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
A good rule of thumb is that you can make fun of attitudes, behaviors and yes, pants, but not core attributes or misfortunes a person can’t help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The crowd of money managers, economists and other finance types had made their annual pilgrimage to this fishing mecca in Maine’s wilderness, trading suits for T-shirts and cargo pants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
If you spill hot coffee on your pants on the way to work, an extra set of clothes could save you a trip to the store or back home.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ida wove the fabric on her loom and then cut and sewed it: brown and blue woolen pants and two shirts.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
"I need to go back to the gym," he panted as the song ended.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
In exam rooms, elementary schoolers panted from fungal pneumonia, terrified by their breathlessness.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2025
He panted as Mroueh sewed up an incision by his shoulder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
It was warm enough that babies slept on their parents’ shoulders and dogs panted in their owners’ shadows.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2022
“I was afraid you might change your mind,” Heqet panted, joyfully clapping him on the shoulder.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Waiting for him at the end of each day’s journey was not a warm bed but another audience, panting for a performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
On certain climbs, I topped out panting and exhausted, then realized my bike was in its hardest gear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
When the congregation responds with rhythmic panting that slowly builds to shrieks of grief and passion, Ann finally feels at home — the burdens she’s been carrying all her life, cast into the ether.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
“I came back panting, and she goes, ‘Lie on the floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
Three men ran beneath Torak’s aspen, panting as they struggled to catch up with the dog.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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