breath
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“Each phrase, each breath is a new thought,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Bare, 54 years old, is God-fearing and transgressive, often in the same breath, with domestic trouble in her past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
This can lead to severe shortness of breath, fatigue, and repeated trips to the hospital.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
That's when cold water can cause a sudden heart attack by increasing your heart rate, or making you gasp for breath and inhaling water directly into the lungs, leading to drowning.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Kathy’s heart started to pound, her palms were sweaty, and her breath was short, but she kept her eyes on her moshom, and what SJ had said echoed in her mind.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“I’ll tell her the story of how you saved her, how you gave your own life for our daughter, how you were a brave woman who, even with your last breaths, never abandoned her.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
For the next seven hours he staggered and crawled upward, at times needing five or six breaths for every step.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
The academic recalled during the Apollo missions to the Moon, "we all held our breaths a little bit."
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
The sigh of relief was like a million angel breaths.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
I took deep breaths and tried to calm myself.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
