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as in to respire
to inhale and exhale air
sometimes it gets so hot in here that it's hard to even breathe
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2
as in to live
to have life
as long as I breathe, you will have a place to stay
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Recent Examples of breathe
Someone who has suffered a cardiac arrest will likely collapse suddenly, and stop breathing or moving.
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Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2025
The Bucks trail the Knicks by just three games as the No. 4 seed, with the Pacers and Pistons breathing down their necks in fifth and sixth place, respectively.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
In a video the department released, Coram is shown in the back of a moving police car complaining of not being able to breathe.
—Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 22 Jan. 2025
To purge their body of nitrogen, an astronaut needs to breathe pure oxygen for a few hours, both before and after donning a spacesuit.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2025
The Bucks trail the Knicks by just three games as the No. 4 seed, with the Pacers and Pistons breathing down their necks in fifth and sixth place, respectively.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
In a video the department released, Coram is shown in the back of a moving police car complaining of not being able to breathe.
—Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 22 Jan. 2025
To purge their body of nitrogen, an astronaut needs to breathe pure oxygen for a few hours, both before and after donning a spacesuit.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breathe
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In the soil around their roots, billions of fungi and soil bacteria respire as well.—
Jordan Fisher Smith,
Discover Magazine,
20 Dec. 2010
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Vegetables that respire at a higher rate keep better in the refrigerator crisper, where food retains more moisture than in the open space of the main refrigerator compartment, which can draw moisture out of produce.—
Anne-Marie Bonneau,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2021
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Her mother, who lives 10 minutes from the Lebanese border in northern Israel, has had to take refuge in an underground shelter amid strikes launched by Hezbollah.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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However, there is a strain of the fungus that lives without the endosymbiont.—
Molly Herring,
WIRED,
26 Jan. 2025
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Learning ways to manage snoring can mitigate these effects.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
13 Jan. 2025
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Individuals who snore may or may not have sleep apnea, and those who have sleep apnea may or may not snore.—
Mill Etienne,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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There are 38 days between now and the 97th Academy Awards on March 2.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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There are corruption scandals, whisper campaigns, and possible bribery afoot, just like with those gossipy Vatican queens.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Breathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breathe. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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