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exhale

[eks-hayl, ek-sayl] / ɛksˈheɪl, ɛkˈseɪl /


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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

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

Her children sometimes struggle with anxiety at bedtime, and Judd has taught them to breathe using a shorter in-breath and a longer exhale to help calm them.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

Ekon inhaled again, but this time the exhale was more frustrated.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

"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

She exhales, then takes a sip of her coffee.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

The exhaled steam has no smell at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

We survived it, yet hadn’t fully exhaled when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived like a cosmic reminder of how life loves a dramatic arc.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 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

He exhaled a little, took a shallow breath—a mere sip of air—and admitted, “Or somebody she called Joe. It was the night before she left, and she said, ‘If you don’t fix this, I will.’

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

By late afternoon, most test-takers walk out of school gates, exhaling with relief and embracing the family members waiting outside.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

Iruña feels relaxed, as if exhaling after the madness of the past hours.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

This is his cue to begin exhaling, mindful that the amount of air in his lungs will affect the degree to which his body curls and the force he imparts on the snap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

Dan Gale sat in a wicker chair in Sasha’s living room beside his cousin Russell, taking deep, nervous breaths and exhaling through his teeth.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater




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