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Recent Examples of wheezes
Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
The film wheezes through its less-than-80-minute running time, and no one seems all that sad to move on.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheezes
Verb
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Demerzel gasps, and for once Day isn’t preening in the mirror but bowing his head.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mrtka was actively involved between the whistles and after the whistle, using his size to clear the net and get under opponents’ skin.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is now a political war that has escalated far beyond the ethical platitudes some use to argue against Proposition 50.—
Marc Lampe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Continue reading … BLIND LOYALTY – Karine Jean-Pierre has rocky rollout for book as reviews pan Biden defense, platitudes.—
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FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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She was similarly dressed to travel for Thursday’s departure in the aforementioned Ralph Lauren safari jacket and Loro Piana pants.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Our elders know how to make tools and sealskin pants the right way.—
Jennie Punter,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is an outright rejection of bromides that would give us some conclusion of reassurance.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Incidents of such poisoning saw a sharp decline when the Food and Drug Administration phased out the use of bromides in pharmaceuticals between the mid 70s and late 1980s.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Pair it with the burgundy leather trousers, based on our ski pants, with the calf zips open to show off a good pair of boots.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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As the object zips around the warmest part of that loop near the sun, its ice turns to gas, which causes the comet to shed dust and other material.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Indeed, Schiffmann was more prone to citing postmodernist aphorisms and artists than famous venture capitalists and tech founders.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
6 Oct. 2025
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Which brings us back to the twin aphorisms that began this piece.—
George Pesansky,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Everything bops breezily along, stopping occasionally to have Dek growl maxims about strength through domination, and observe a decapitation or two.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Visitors who travel down a dirt road to The Hollow — named for the hollow-core concrete that made Mellor wealthy — can enter the compound through a dark, cavernous passage lined with neon signs illuminating maxims from the likes of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and Flynn.—
Arthur Allen,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Wheezes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheezes. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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