breather
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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
It’s best for everyone, Mace included, that she take a breather to touch grass.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
Patti conceded that given how much they’ve rallied, chip stocks needed a breather, and worries about Iran and rising inflation and interest rates helped persuade investors to sell some of their winners.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
Breathing like the breather couldn’t get enough air.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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 exercise, they were told, had the potential to induce an altered state of consciousness so profound that breathers sometimes describe it as reliving the terrifying moment of their birth.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 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
Pretty soon it sounded like the five other breathers in the shed had left.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
