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breathe

[breeth] / brið /


VERB
inspire action
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President Trump’s Medicare director described it as giving the market time to breathe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Economist Savvas Savouri is a self-confessed data geek: “I live and breathe numbers,” he says.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

People breathe with the art, they touch it, they feel it, they laugh with it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

While their top-flight status is far from guaranteed despite the win, what it does is allow Leeds to breathe a little easier while piling the pressure on fellow strugglers Tottenham, West Ham and Nottingham Forest.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

We exchanged wordless looks, we almost feared to breathe.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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