exhale
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After a minute or so he exhales, but not a normal exhale, and then I hear him say something but can’t make it out over the traffic and the rage-triggered ringing in my ears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
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
The green mountains here feel like they’re breathing, like the mist all around us is the air they exhale to the clouds above.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
"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
With her handwritten lyrics on a stand before her, she drops her head and exhales heavily as she cries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 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
August stares at Silver Star and exhales through puffed cheeks.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
I exhaled with a smile, knowing I took the very best of L.A. with me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
She added: "I sobbed for hours and then exhaled for the first time in a year."
From BBC ● May 22, 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
The technology pulls the driver's exhaled breath into sensors located in the driver's side door or in the dashboard and steering column, as the driver breathes normally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
He exhaled, long and loud like the wind.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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
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
“I pulled almost an all-nighter last night, so he’s been keeping us up,” he said, exhaling a light chuckle.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2025
“Not much you can do but keep on living,” the man said, exhaling.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024
She holds her chin out straight, inhaling and exhaling measured breaths.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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