breathing room

Example Sentences

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And did he deliver with a drive that rolled to the right-field fence off pitcher Hudson December and finally gave the Patriots breathing room.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

"The thing that makes him so good is you get no breathing room from any corner," said Norway's Casper Ruud, who lost 6-4 6-4 to Sinner in the Rome final last week.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

But another side effect of the war could provide some breathing room: rising protectionism.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

That creates breathing room for emerging markets at a time when relative valuations versus other regions are back to 20-year lows.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

A well-executed suborbital flight would buy the United States a little breathing room; but orbital flight—the end game of Project Mercury— was infinitely more complex.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly