breather
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Global government bonds stabilized on Wednesday, taking a breather from Tuesday’s steep selloff ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve’s minutes from July’s meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Bank Indonesia kept its benchmark seven-day reverse repo rate unchanged at 5.75%, taking a breather after delivering a cumulative 100 basis points of rate increases in May and June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Nothing that caused Brazil a scintilla of concern, but it was a breather, a break from the tormenting ways of Brazil's phenomenon on the left wing if nothing else.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The markets seemed to take a bit of a breather on Tuesday after a three-day run.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Once the oxygen dropped to 12 percent, I put the breather mask on.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
A safety who usually subbed for Foster to give him occasional breathers had gotten hurt the week before, forcing him to play the entire game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
The idea of Cirque du Soleil might invite images of extravagant live shows with clowns, acrobats and fire breathers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2023
During breathers when she’s standing away from the Washington Mystics’ sideline.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022
“Against a rush that’s that good, you have to find your backs for some breathers back there when the pocket’s chaos.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
Pretty soon it sounded like the five other breathers in the shed had left.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
