sigh
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At last, when Universal Studios began testing the ride this spring, Garner breathed a sigh of relief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
"This is our house and it survived," Emma Mitchell told us with a huge sigh of relief.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Two other officials familiar with the dinner said it was very cordial and their leaders breathed a major sigh of relief after it was over that it didn’t devolve into a shouting match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Gamers are likely breathing a sigh of relief that Take-Two also confirmed that the official launch date of GTA VI is still Nov. 19.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
With a sigh I decided to play along with whatever this was and looked around until I spotted a clock.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“User sighs at 9:15 p.m. AI is listening from a smart home device and logs it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"I can't imagine how helpless people must have been," she said between heavy sighs, adding: "I really regret that I didn't knock on a single door."
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
You want something that sits up in the spoon, not something that sighs into a puddle.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
He stood in the dock wearing glasses and a two-toned grey sweatshirt and as he made his admissions, gasps and some sighs were heard in the court room.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
When her eyes open, she sighs and says, “Everything smells so good, Mrs. Hameed. It’s like chicken and mashed potatoes decided to dance a ballet with your spice cabinet. What are you making?”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
“When you get old, they push you aside,” he sighed.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
"Yeah -- to a certain extent," she sighed as she eyed groceries in a Pennsylvania food bank.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
She’s half joking, but Embury sighed when she listed the foods Elliott and Charlotte, 8 and 6, regularly request.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
I shook my head, feeling the deja vu, as Bailey’s father sighed, “In this town, there’s no place for any man unless they crawl to Potter.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Pa stretched and sighed and I could tell he was getting ready to go out and do the milking, so I jumped up first and grabbed a lantern.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
But they couldn’t do that, one doctor said apologetically, sighing deeply.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Unfortunately for Pep Guardiola's side, City's defensive display will have had those same rivals sighing with relief.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
“I’ve been laid off before,” Dave told me, sighing as he acknowledged that periods of looking for work are part of having a career.
From Slate ● May 20, 2025
“The camera’s on me, and I’m doing all this sighing and eye-rolling, having a great time and thinking ‘God, you’re really good.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
He quieted down at that, rubbing his face with his hands and sighing again and again.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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