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breathe

verb as in take air in and let out

verb as in inspire action

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verb as in tell information

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Somewhere under all that, there’s a real person—a living, breathing human woman.

“Some turtles can breathe through their bottoms,” he informs us.

The answers will surprise and delight, none more so than the fact that some microbes essentially “breathe” rocks.

"And when you took all that out, you could hear people breathe in the audience," he says.

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Wall Street, meanwhile, breathed a massive sigh of relief.

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

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