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Recent Examples of gasp
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Just then, Chinouriri gasped as Slayyyter started playing in the distance, and was back to dancing in her seat.
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Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
ABC News,
22 June 2026
The cold water gasp reflex is completely involuntary and uncontrollable.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
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Verb
As seen in footage shared to X and credited to Danish outlet Billed Bladet, the Queen gasped when her son headed in her direction.
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Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Just then, Chinouriri gasped as Slayyyter started playing in the distance, and was back to dancing in her seat.
—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
Noun
There had been a gasp from those same fans when Messi missed the penalty kick in the ninth minute with a chance to break the record earlier in the match.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
The cold water gasp reflex is completely involuntary and uncontrollable.
—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gasp
Verb
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Dogs primarily regulate heat through panting and small sweat glands in their paw pads, according to the American Kennel Club.
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Pet owners spoke reassuringly to their dogs, who panted and pawed their owners, and to their mewing cats.
Noun
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For now, however, investors are likely breathing a collective sigh of relief, after muscling through an anxious first half that included major geopolitical conflicts, and tremors around the potential for AI disruption.
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Farmers are tending healthy crops, and water managers are beginning to breathe a sigh of relief after the critical drought earlier this year.
Verb
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In another video, an emergency worker heaves a large stone aside while working to free people from the wreckage.
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Niemann hit two drives off the property, chopped his way up the fairway and finally lost it by heaving his club.
Noun
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Theories, speculation and whispers were hard to ignore, but even harder to prove.
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The whispers about the 41-year-old turned louder.
Verb
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Advertisement Not every variety-show booking delighted every viewer (just ask the stiffs who hyperventilated when Elvis wiggled his hips on Sullivan’s stage), but there was enough, most nights, to captivate tens of millions of them.
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She was even famously hospitalized for hyperventilating while watching a Lakers game from home.
Noun
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In the first few minutes, the jeers were murmurs that faded into the overall atmosphere in the stands.
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The crowd of supporters didn't cheer, exactly – rather, a murmur ran through the crowd.
Noun
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There are mud pools from Yellowstone National Park that have a squeamish gurgle, and hearing them amid a crackling bonfire feels unexpectedly harmonious, even plausible.
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Her stomach made an audible gurgle.
Noun
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Up in the stands, fans waved their own flags — including some sneaked in over the objections of FIFA and the courts — and wrestled with emotions, as boos, howls and hisses rained down from all corners of the stadium.
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Spray paint hisses and music envelops Amsterdam Avenue as Knicks colors cover the sidewalk.
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“Gasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasp. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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