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wheeze

[hweez, weez] / ʰwiz, wiz /


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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

“This repertoire — with its contrapuntal extravaganzas, its antiphonal balances, its espousal of instruments that chuff and wheeze and speak directly to a microphone — was made for stereo,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2024

The inhalations and exhalations of twelve people made a soft, sighing wheeze in the otherwise soundless room.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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

A deep, deep tone rises as from the roots and whistles and wheezes as if on its way to the leaves.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2022

He has a red, red face that always makes him look like he’s on the verge of heatstroke or a heart attack, and he wheezes when he talks.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

Shares in Asia were mostly lower on Monday, with Tokyo the only major regional market to advance, after Wall Street wheezed to more losses with its worst week in six months.

From Seattle Times Sep. 24, 2023

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

At Detroit Country Day School, the football team wheezed its way up a steep slope known simply as “The Hill” on the backside of the leafy campus.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 15, 2022

Joe’s old Franklin labored and coughed and wheezed, crawling up the long, steep ascent to Blewett Pass, high in the Cascade Mountains.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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

If inhaled at high levels, fumes can aggravate a person’s lungs, causing coughing, wheezing and chest tightness.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2026

Hen Wen seemed to listen politely for a while, grinning broadly, wheezing, and snuffling.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander




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