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wheeze

[hweez, weez] / ʰwiz, wiz /


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And next stop is the Old Firm game at Ibrox, which both clubs pant and wheeze towards.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

After 28 days, respiratory symptoms of cough, wheeze, breathlessness and sputum were found to be better with benralizumab.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

But three days into a string of seven-hour rehearsals, her voice collapsed, the high notes so long her hallmark dissolving into a pitchy wheeze.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

“This repertoire — with its contrapuntal extravaganzas, its antiphonal balances, its espousal of instruments that chuff and wheeze and speak directly to a microphone — was made for stereo,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024

A wheeze welled up from May’s chest, and then out came “Oh! Susanna.”

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd