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Recent Examples of wheeze
Verb
Orlok cuts a formidable figure made even more disconcerting by his constant wheeze, rolling R’s and guttural dialogue.—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024 Their latest wheeze to raise money is getting their caterers to invest.—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
Noun
At the same time, there are other conditions that can present with allergy-like symptoms, and at high enough concentrations, even people without allergies will wheeze.—Umair Irfan, Wired News, 5 Apr. 2025 Crappy Christmas lights blinked overhead, and a tiny pug wheezed on a rug by the register.—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wheeze
On a 3rd and 1, Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt got a first down with the help of Kelce blocking on the line, but the tight end blocked a little bit longer after the whistle blew.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
On the first day of training camp, Payton said what every coach worth his whistle believes, but few vocalize.
Seek Adventure Challenge yourselves by hiking Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in Tanzania; trekking mountain gorillas in Rwanda or Uganda; flying in a hot air balloon over the Masai Mara; or zip-lining over Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls.
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Karin Jones,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Sep. 2025
Their bodies were found lifeless on June 2 with plastic bags over their heads and evidence that their hands had been zip-tied near their father's truck in a campground.
However, swapping out classic sodium chloride for sodium bromide is a solid way to give yourself acne, involuntary muscle spasms, and paranoid psychosis.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
Bromism, or high levels of bromide, was considered after a lab report and consultation with poison control, the report said.
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