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Dreyer struck out Oneil Cruz looking to end the top of the eighth with a runner on third, fighting off the Pirates’ final gasp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

That's when cold water can cause a sudden heart attack by increasing your heart rate, or making you gasp for breath and inhaling water directly into the lungs, leading to drowning.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

She also – gasp – views the sniveling Mr. Collins favorably.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Lee, then, is left wondering if this is the true nature of mortality: a long pattern of disappointments, up to and including the moment you gasp your final breath.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

“That’s right,” Curtis Rathbone said, almost as if he’d heard the gasp.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The underwater vehicle was coasting about six feet above the ocean floor, two miles deep, when a pinkish, mysterious creature swam into its camera’s sights, drawing gasps in the research vessel floating at the surface.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

The total eclipse plunged a vast swathe of Spain from broad daylight into darkness Wednesday, drawing awed gasps and applause from spectators gathered in parks and cities across the country.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

“No!” she gasps, covering her mouth but unable to hide the mischievous grin that’s broken across her face at the memory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

The royal couple drew gasps and cheers from the audience at the Hydro as they appeared on a stage that had been turned into a giant garden.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

I reach for the wall, sliding down it onto the floor, my breathing coming in short gasps.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Many in the audience laughed and applauded, when they should have gasped or moaned.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

I caught the film at a recent matinee in New Orleans, and children and adults alike gasped at Harryhausen’s movie monsters – from the looming metal colossus of Telos to the hissing and slithering Hydra.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Oasis star Noel Gallagher and boxing legend Prince Naseem Hamed were among those watching as the crowd gasped at almost every Itauma punch, whether it landed or not.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

By the time many of these rising talents were accruing debt in graduate writing programs, the dream of a sustainable career in the nonprofit theater had already gasped its last breath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

I wasn’t sure whether Samir could hear or understand instruction as he gasped for air.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

In the darkness, partially kneeling, gasping for air and practically immobile, he suffered aftershock after aftershock.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

“I had kind of a mental health breakdown,” Tyson said, describing sleep deprivation so severe she felt drunk and anxiety attacks that left her gasping for air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

"I measured quite low, even though my OCD means when I am triggered, I'm cleaning for two to three hours with pure bleach and I'm gasping for air," he said.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

By that point, Illinois was already rolling, well on their way to a 101-65 victory that left USC gasping for air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

The temperature dropped so low that even with his thick fur, Duane shivered in the gasping, biting cold.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el