sigh
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As a Mexican American, I cared enough about Mexico’s perpetually heartbreaking El Tri squad to watch their runs and sigh about how we’ll always have it harder than most.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 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
At that point, the then mayor of Greater Manchester let out a sigh and told me "you just can't keep having referendum after referendum".
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
After a few more minutes, Coal heaved a sigh.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
“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
Lorraine Ali acknowledges the front-runners, but sighs, “My perfect-universe picks? ‘
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Walking out of the car park at Steel Rigg, with Hadrian's Wall rising steeply out of the morning mist, Margaret Anderson sighs.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 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
He sighs deeply and wraps his arms around me in a hug.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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
"This is worse than my teenagers at dinner," she sighed.
From Barron's ● May 5, 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
The student body collectively sighed “Alas, this too,” but then mobbed the dorms anyway, cheering and hugging fearlessly with unmasked smiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Clare pinched the bridge of his snout and sighed.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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
The inhalations and exhalations of twelve people made a soft, sighing wheeze in the otherwise soundless room.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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