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Recent Examples of wheeze
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
The old boiler wheezed and stalled, the roof sprang leaks, half-century-old pipes cracked, and the lobby intercom was defunct.
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Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
Meanwhile, their power play continued to sputter and wheeze, going 0 for 4 as part of a 2-for-34 funk.
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Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Noah, however, couldn't run the length of a football field without wheezing.
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Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
The old boiler wheezed and stalled, the roof sprang leaks, half-century-old pipes cracked, and the lobby intercom was defunct.
—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
Like the sound of a false leg, upon which every step becomes a little wheeze.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
Meanwhile, their power play continued to sputter and wheeze, going 0 for 4 as part of a 2-for-34 funk.
—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheeze
Verb
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Sometimes poetry leaves the cinema behind, gasping for breath.
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Zendaya was visibly shocked at first, gasping and clasping her hands over her face, but got into the performance, laughing and dancing along as Holland came over to dance on her.
Noun
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After the final whistle, instead of celebrating, the team circled up around phones awaiting the result of Spain’s faceoff with Uruguay.
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The evidence was there before the first whistle.
Noun
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The president used similar bromides in private calls to assuage allies, including Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson, before launching the war in February, according to people familiar with the conversations.
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Other testing by the state’s environmental quality department found elevated levels of heavy metals commonly found in oil field wastewater including barium and bromide.
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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But unlike lower-commitment purchases like a car or an air fryer, a house doesn’t come with an owner’s manual, and every hollow whoosh through the vents meant the furnace was imploding or a pipe was bursting.
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During their stroll, Monroe stands over a subway grate as the whoosh of a passing train blows the skirt of her white halter dress up, a welcome respite from the sweltering heatwave that has gripped the city.
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Wolff was only the eighth woman to drive a Formula 1 car (four more have done it since); the role, a now-commonplace one that includes driving the simulator during Grand Prix weekends to inform trackside strategy, was created for her.
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The videos are often integrated into larger montages of drone strikes, underscoring how commonplace these drones have become for Russian forces.
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Even packed with her belongings, the purse zips smoothly and doesn’t look bulky, which is a win for a mini bag.
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It often gets grouped with convertible clothing, which covers pieces that change in other ways, like zip-off legs or adjustable lengths.
Noun
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There’s passable yet indistinguishable music in this exact style dropping every day, but the difference with Chicago’s Fatso is that his lyrics feel like scraps of conversations that communicate his hurt without leaning on platitudes.
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Victor Lindelof’s pre-match comments smacked of bombast and confidence, the sort of words which are said but not meant, platitudes used to motivate rather than to be sworn under oath.
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“Wheeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheeze. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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