as in alive
having or showing life
realized that he didn't need a comic-book superhero, since he had a real, breathing hero in his father
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as in snoring
to inhale and exhale air
sometimes it gets so hot in here that it's hard to even breathe
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as in living
to have life
as long as I breathe, you will have a place to stay
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Recent Examples of breathing
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
The key, Hendricks says, is to apply pressure to trigger points and knotted muscles while breathing deeply.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
President of baseball operations Buster Posey has made one of the boldest managerial hires in recent memory, banking on Vitello breathing life into a franchise that has made the playoffs once in the last nine seasons.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
But what happens when Garrett is breathing down Maye’s neck and a receiver pops open in the flat?
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The researchers describe it as a living, breathing soil restoration method that lets microbes act as both miners and cleaners.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
The key, Hendricks says, is to apply pressure to trigger points and knotted muscles while breathing deeply.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
President of baseball operations Buster Posey has made one of the boldest managerial hires in recent memory, banking on Vitello breathing life into a franchise that has made the playoffs once in the last nine seasons.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
But what happens when Garrett is breathing down Maye’s neck and a receiver pops open in the flat?
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breathing
Adjective
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There were initial claims that the 15-year-old girl miscarried, police told WSYX, but it was later revealed the baby was born alive and died for unknown reasons.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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So clearly, Washington will have an uphill battle to keep their season alive even with Luvu on the field against the Lions.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Despite these benefits, partners moving around in bed, snoring and having differing body temperatures can also cause sleep disruption and deprivation, Troxel noted.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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While some dog owners struggle with restless nights due to snoring or space-hogging canines, others, like the creator of this video, find joy and comfort in the company.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The concept could pave the way for new kinds of adaptive, energy-efficient machines that move more like living organisms.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Seeing how powerful poetry could be Paniagua Guzman, the poetry project’s principal investigator, started thinking about ways poetry could help those living with dementia after visiting his grandmother in Mexico City in 2019.—
Holly J. McDede,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Dancers in ornate pharaonic costumes -- crowned with golden headpieces and holding scepters -- performed to a live international orchestra, as fireworks and drones depicting ancient gods lit up the sky above.—
Ayat Al-Tawy,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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Playing to a very different audience, Fox ran live footage of protesters outside an ICE detention center near Chicago, among other non-Obama segments and went after leading NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Breathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breathing. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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