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sigh

verb as in long for

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She is one of the millions of Americans who sighed a deep breath of relief when politicians in Washington agreed to reopen the government earlier this week.

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The end of the longest U.S. government shutdown in history should have drawn a sigh of relief from investors.

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Mom sighed as she picked up her purse from the bench.

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“It wasn’t important at all,” she says with a sigh.

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Monday’s recovery of prices of technology stocks may have caused some sighs of relief, but the S&P 500 remains highly concentrated.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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