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
Dr. Ishani D. Premaratne, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
The situation quickly turned critical when Officer Desaussure realized the newborn wasn't breathing.
—Cbs News Atlanta Staff, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
Weather officials urge people to limit their outdoor activity as much as possible, especially those with existing health issues, to avoid breathing in the polluted air.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Those are just a few things breathing down the neck of the manager of the New York Yankees.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
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The researchers say this suggests that over 95% of the Alzheimer’s risk comes from the direct impact of breathing in dirty air, likely through inflammation or damage to brain cells.
—Dr. Ishani D. Premaratne, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
The situation quickly turned critical when Officer Desaussure realized the newborn wasn't breathing.
—Cbs News Atlanta Staff, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
Weather officials urge people to limit their outdoor activity as much as possible, especially those with existing health issues, to avoid breathing in the polluted air.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Those are just a few things breathing down the neck of the manager of the New York Yankees.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breathing
Adjective
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Seconds of disaster, hours of harrowing wait A disaster that unfolded in seconds left a group of survivors waiting on a mountainside for hours in frigid temperatures, knowing that many of their peers would not be making it out alive.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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One of the common threads in the investigation into the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy, has been the police’s inability to confirm whether Nancy Guthrie was still alive.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
19 Feb. 2026
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In the last 20 minutes, Iron Lung finally arrives somewhere almost interesting, but by that point, a man sitting in the row ahead of me had been loudly snoring for more than an hour.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2026
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Grandpa snoring near the fireplace, kids watching Rudolph.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Dec. 2025
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And so the city was exposed to future hurricanes, and lost the living guardians whose roots held the land in place.—
Melina Walling,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Yet there’s also growing skepticism about whether AI is living up to these lofty declarations, often made by tech executives with financial interests in the technology’s success.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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And within that galaxy, not only will stars live-and-die, and not only will star-formation cease once all of the gas has been consumed, but gravitational interactions will eject most of those stellar corpses, as well as the planet remnants that orbit them.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
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Since the product is live, Gibson believes that supporting local is better as small businesses have the time and labor to properly wash the crop and pick out the dead bugs.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Breathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breathing. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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