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wheeze

[hweez, weez] / ʰwiz, wiz /


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If this week shows anything, though, this wheeze, like all such wheezes, has finally sown the seeds of its own obsolescence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

And next stop is the Old Firm game at Ibrox, which both clubs pant and wheeze towards.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

After 28 days, respiratory symptoms of cough, wheeze, breathlessness and sputum were found to be better with benralizumab.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024

But three days into a string of seven-hour rehearsals, her voice collapsed, the high notes so long her hallmark dissolving into a pitchy wheeze.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

I gasp and wheeze and cry at the same time.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Such wheezes aren’t the most salient feature of the screenplay, though.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

They communicate through grunts, bellows and wheezes, a form of vocalization that plays a crucial role in the dynamics of the group.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2024

Whatever cunning wheezes No 10 conjures up, the hole the Conservatives need to climb out of is very deep.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023

As the 2022 midterm election wheezes to an end, the start of the 2024 campaign feels both uncharted and uncannily familiar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022

The parrot wheezes one final breath and goes limp.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Their offense has sputtered and wheezed, even as their defense has done its part to keep them in games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

But I’m the kind of person who trained for, and wheezed his way through, a cycling tour of Provence with his dad, but who almost never rode to work.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2023

It started in mid-September with Vance, 5, who came down with RSV and wheezed so badly that his skin was pulling in and out of his ribs with every breath.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022

Every morning, taxi vans full of commuters wheezed in from the city’s fringes.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022

“Go to your cupboard — I mean, your bedroom,” he wheezed at Harry.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

In February 2025, a relative brought Aurora to an emergency room for asthma, wheezing and difficulty breathing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Over a wheezing harmonica and lightly strummed guitar, the title character sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her father.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Breathing air with high levels of NO2 can irritate airways, cause coughing, wheezing or make it difficult to breathe and worsen diseases like asthma.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

"More serious but less common symptoms include wheezing, chest pains or severe cough. If you think you are having a medical emergency, seek immediate medical assistance."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Hassan kept up his wheezing for the drive home, and as he raced up the Pink Mansion's stairs toward his room.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green


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