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in one breath





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“Hi, can I ask you a quick question—what would you do if your boyfriend smelled like this?” he said in one breath, brandishing an open bottle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

"I woke my family up and we rushed down all 16 floors in one breath," said one man named Mr Qin by Chinese outlets.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2023

Mr. Musk has had a complicated relationship with AI, saying in one breath that it could bring humanity into a golden era and another that it could destroy human civilization.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2023

She’s silly but also dead serious; she can be self-deprecating in one breath and thrillingly self-assured the next.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023

One step after another, one breath in, one breath out.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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