as in exhaled
to let or force out of the lungs
blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn
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exhaled
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Some families described feeling emotionally lighter afterward, as if parts of them had finally exhaled.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 May 2026 -
On a street by the harbor, crowds of people were squinting into the distance, exclaiming every time the whale exhaled.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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“Blew (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blew%20%28out%29. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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