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Recent Examples of wheeze
Meg Tirrell, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
The chronic respiratory disease causes inflammation in the lungs, leading to a narrowing of the small airways — and symptoms ranging from coughing and wheezing to shortness of breath and tightness in the chest.
—Joanne Fowler, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
Linda Carroll, TIME, 30 May 2024
But for those who sneeze, wheeze, and water as the world begins to bloom, pollen is a less-than-welcome companion to spring.
—Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 8 May 2024
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Verb
Symptoms, which typically start within five to 30 minutes of contact with an allergen, include hives, swelling of the throat and other areas, wheezing and passing out.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
The chronic respiratory disease causes inflammation in the lungs, leading to a narrowing of the small airways — and symptoms ranging from coughing and wheezing to shortness of breath and tightness in the chest.
—Joanne Fowler, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
Noun
But when the 2020 wildfires started pumping thick plumes of ugly black smoke into the southern California sky, the 41-year-old Los Angeles resident began to wheeze.
—Linda Carroll, TIME, 30 May 2024
But for those who sneeze, wheeze, and water as the world begins to bloom, pollen is a less-than-welcome companion to spring.
—Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 8 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheeze
Verb
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Clearly thrilled, Rae gasps, then smiles wide for a selfie with them.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Warwick found her husband gasping for air at the foot of the basement stairs and knew the miracle was over.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
7 Dec. 2024
Noun
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More news: Heat to Suspend Star Jimmy Butler Indefinitely During the moment between a whistle, an object fell from the jumbotron.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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In the third, Nikita Zadorov went to the box for tripping Brady Tkachuk and, on the kill, the B’s benefitted from a quick whistle.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But there was a lot of panting and putting his head into his hands.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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When southern Spain trembles in heat, when dogs seem to be panting their last breaths in narrow bands of shade in the white villages of Andalusia, northern Spain keeps cool.—
Stanley Stewart,
airmail.news,
31 Aug. 2024
Noun
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From the hole came a sudden whoosh, followed by a plume of smoke.—
Michael Holtz,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Who needs words when the soundtrack is flush with the rush of natural sounds – the groan and crack of swaying trees, the whoosh of water.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Nov. 2024
Noun
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For Butler and the Heat the relationship has devolved to the seeming point of cliche.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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On campus, Landow’s impact has gone beyond the bigger, stronger, faster cliches attached to most strength coaches.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Related Articles In menswear, the offer goes from reversible jackets to coats that become vests through a zip.—
Andrea Onate,
WWD,
16 Jan. 2025
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It's also designed with a front slip pocket with Coach's iconic turn-lock closure, a back zip pocket, and an internal snap pocket.—
Wendy Vazquez,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The two-dimensional characters communicate in bromides; Lena’s fellow privates, who suffer from the laziest defining characteristics (coarse Southern gal, proper preacher’s daughter, New Yorker), are the worst offenders.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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In place of triumph-of-the-human-spirit bromides, though, what the book delivers is its own kind of cinema, harsh and true.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 July 2024
Noun
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Take Nike, for example; most consumers would recognize the sports brand simply by its swoosh before seeing the brand name or reading a slogan.—
Jessica Wong,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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They’re highly rated and the pink swoosh adds just a touch of whimsy to an otherwise simple shoe.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
2 Dec. 2024
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“Wheeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheeze. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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