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Recent Examples of wheeze
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
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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheeze
Verb
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Stunned spectators gasp and scream before people start running away.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some exchanges were breathtaking — to them, certainly, and to spectators who gasped at the power during longer points.—
Howard Fendrich,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The incident took place in the third quarter after Kelce continued to block after the whistle was blown.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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This assertion, according to a subsequent whistle-blower complaint, was false.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Our elders know how to make tools and sealskin pants the right way.—
Jennie Punter,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Howard’s best comedies have a light, almost effortless touch, but this one is panting and gasping essentially from the opening frames.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This time, Ariana announces with a whoosh of her ponytail that America has voted on who the three bombshells must recouple with.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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The water was an icy whoosh—and a veritable elixir on that nearly 100-degree day.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2025
Noun
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New novels are rightly praised for breaking with traditional forms and criticized for turning to stale formulas and cliches.—
Nathaniel Moore
September 10,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Just really not going to sit here and give some cliches.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The back interior pocket is a zip pocket for safekeeping lipsticks or ID cards, and the two front pockets are slip pockets ideal for a cell phone or keys.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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They’re finished with a zip-and-button fly and angled side pockets.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, swapping out classic sodium chloride for sodium bromide is a solid way to give yourself acne, involuntary muscle spasms, and paranoid psychosis.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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Bromism, or high levels of bromide, was considered after a lab report and consultation with poison control, the report said.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Football has seen similar cases too—2024 NFL MVP Josh Allen just started wearing New Balance cleats instead of the swoosh.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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In fact, the only obvious difference is the missing swoosh.—
Shea Simmons,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Wheeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheeze. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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