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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
In January of last year, DeSantis’ wheezing presidential campaign reported a payment of $2,300 for rent.—Ana Ceballos, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for wheeze
If nothing else, his wealth of experience, ability to recognize coverages and check the Browns into advantageous situations should be the bare minimum for an offense gasping for life.
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Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
The man who once made Madison Square Garden erupt now gives book clubs a reason to gasp.
The dog was panting and shifting from one foot to the other.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
The city, which is the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region, is rich in porticoes—elegant arcaded structures that line the streets and allow the panting pedestrian, at any point, to flee the sunlight’s blaze and seek shade.
Cloudy chords, meditative tintinnabulation, the whoosh of wind and rain, blocks of iridescent brass — all these discrete sonorities trundled by, like a train of boxcars with panoramas painted on their sides.
Mentality is the critical factor here because, as the cliche goes, the defining feature of any champion team is securing victory in the face of adversity or underperformance.
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Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
The same was true of the Dutch squad, and such situations have become something of a World Cup cliche, but in 1974 this was considered novel, and a sign that the sport had become overrun by financial interests, even at international level.
For the outing, Kidman wore oversized sunglasses, a grey melange baseball cap with a matching zip-up jacket, and black leggings.
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Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
After most of the employees scattered, police say, Rosado zip-tied the last remaining employee’s wrists together and took about $1,000 from the till of the business, according to court records and media reports.
They were pieced together for the show's pièce de résistance as a swoosh-y, crinkle-y multi-color Snufflapagus, the lovable character from Sesame Street.
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Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
The swoosh has faced headwinds in recent years as innovation slowed and sales declined.
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