sigh
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“It’s not maximalist enough,” she says with a sigh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
At last, when Universal Studios began testing the ride this spring, Garner breathed a sigh of relief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Shorris’s appointment was a sigh of relief to much of the private sector, which had been on edge about the long delay in hiring someone to lead the agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Investors breathed a sigh of relief at the data and pared their bets on a Fed rate hike this month, though analysts warned the latest US-Iran flare-up could complicate matters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
At home, when my phone would ding at night with a text from Mom, my sister would sigh dramatically and mutter that Mom should be home at night, not texting me from her corner office.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
“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
This train "has not received the kind of attention that it really deserves in terms of urgency from elected leaders," sighs Schank.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
As cops breathed sighs of relief that he was an architect, those living in Massapequa "were astonished," Livoti said.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
In the film’s slightly alternate reality, Charli sighs and goes along with what everyone else is telling her to do, simply because she’s never found herself in this position before.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
The old man sighs, and his hands relax like all the fight’s gone out of him.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
After a short flight, a day at Venice Beach and the fastest glow-up ever for a mom of three, my date opened his hands, sighed and canceled the glorious evening I’d planned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
"Even changing to play lower and deeper and compact space didn't really help us in our efforts," the Newcastle head coach sighed.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
“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
“But I wanted to say that I wasn’t bored. I sighed because I was happy.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
But they couldn’t do that, one doctor said apologetically, sighing deeply.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
But in the making of her 2025 album “Sincerely,” she explored the profound vulnerability of becoming a mother — and her sighing revelations in “Sugar! Honey! Love!” melt most beautifully into the hazy pop ether.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
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
“You have to do more chores when you’re ten,” she said, sighing.
From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins
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