as in breathed
to inhale and exhale air
though unconscious, the patient is still respiring
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With the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir helped the world appreciate rock & roll in a new way, writing songs that breathed new life onstage as the group jammed.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026 -
Reassuring results from Micron breathed life back into the AI-infrastructure theme while a cool CPI reading allowed investors concerned about a hawkish Fed to exhale, allowing for a relief bounce in the indexes that for now looks welcome but inconclusive.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Respired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respired. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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