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Exhale through your lips, with them positioned as if they were pursed around a straw.
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Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
The racket smash has become something of a circus, as if the physical destruction is a necessary part of blowing out frustration during the ebbs and flows of a game.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Crushes often emerge of their own volition, as if out of nowhere, or some unseen force, and land on the recipient like an unforeseen weather event.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024
The sensory details of the film, set in 1950, are presented in the trailer as if being discovered and experienced for the first time.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
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Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
The racket smash has become something of a circus, as if the physical destruction is a necessary part of blowing out frustration during the ebbs and flows of a game.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Crushes often emerge of their own volition, as if out of nowhere, or some unseen force, and land on the recipient like an unforeseen weather event.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024
The sensory details of the film, set in 1950, are presented in the trailer as if being discovered and experienced for the first time.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
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“As if.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20if. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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