exhale
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September is notoriously tough on the stock market, but investors might be able to exhale now that Labor Day is here.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
This combination of measurements allowed the researchers to test whether extending the exhale did more than simply lower heart rate.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
She says the last step of box breathing, where you hold after you exhale, is what causes the greatest change physiologically.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
They lure mosquitoes with carbon dioxide—all vertebrates release the gas with each exhale, so to mosquitoes, it usually signals a meal.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
As I exhale, Mrs. Malloy sets the kettle on the stove.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
"Cong phew!" exhales the Sun after "Hero Harry" comes "to the rescue".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
When it’s over, Parillo, whose nom de guerre in the competition is Velvet Milkman, exhales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Her husband Yitzhak, tense throughout, finally exhales, then explains that the couple will wait a week before choosing a name.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
When you whisk that nutty, toffee-adjacent warmth into the mix, especially alongside fruit and a streak of citrus zest, the entire batter exhales.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
I don't trust the words as he says them, but then he exhales through pursed lips, his sad eyes squinting at the distance, and I believe him.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
I exhaled with a smile, knowing I took the very best of L.A. with me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The exhaled steam has no smell at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
A similar quarantine design had been used in earlier research, along with specialized testing of exhaled breath developed by Milton and his colleagues.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 11, 2026
Scientists flew drones equipped with special kit through the exhaled droplets, or "blows", made when the giants come up to breathe through their blowholes.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
One of the curtains hung at a tilt below the pelmet, and though the windows were open, the air was dank, as though exhaled many times.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
He left, not to the sound of euphoria from the fans, but to the sound of a support collectively exhaling in relief.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“Phew!” the WB execs said, exhaling and wiping their brows.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
As the vessel neared the island—and Rhodes lost her ball cap in the wind—an app on the laptop she cradled lit up with digital WhaleSpotter images of whales exhaling, called “blows.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
“He’ll probably start,” Roberts said, exhaling after a wild night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2024
As the experimental chamber lost its humidity, the DNA molecules relaxed and tensed—exhaling, inhaling, exhaling, like life itself.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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