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
Jillian Kubala, Health, 23 Dec. 2024
Symptoms of the the flu-like disease so far include headaches, cough, fever, breathing difficulties, and anemia.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Patients’ symptoms have included headache, cough, fever, breathing difficulties, body aches and anemia.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
Four days later, Dibble’s daughter found her limp, blue in the face, not breathing.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
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One of them is anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction that can cause swelling of the throat, breathing difficulties, and even death.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 23 Dec. 2024
Symptoms of the the flu-like disease so far include headaches, cough, fever, breathing difficulties, and anemia.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Patients’ symptoms have included headache, cough, fever, breathing difficulties, body aches and anemia.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
Four days later, Dibble’s daughter found her limp, blue in the face, not breathing.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breathing
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Detectives filed the case with the Broward State Attorney’s Office as if the two men were alive.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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All of this means that if Sabalenka is alive in the final four and Świątek is on the other side of the net, both are likely to be in the kind of form to give the sport a rare treat: the two of them actually playing one another.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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In addition to snoring, other symptoms of sleep apnea can include bruxism (teeth clenching), neck pain, anxiety, and daytime drowsiness.—
Mill Etienne,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Symptoms can include snoring, fatigue, daytime sleepiness and disrupted sleep.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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In an era of struggling PlayStation live service offerings, some of which will never see the light of day, a bright spot for Sony has been the huge success of Helldivers 2, the ongoing, co-op PvE game where players band together to fight bugs, bots and now rather smart aliens.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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All told, that will probably be somewhere around 12 straight live hours of sports streaming.—
Richard Deitsch,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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“Breathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breathing. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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