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Recent Examples of wheezes
Noun
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
Hernández, well acquainted with such platitudes in the years since her husband Jim took his life in a frozen pond, became inspired to write a book about it.
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Julio Ojeda-Zapata,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
But when this team broke camp, their goal was not to speak in glass-half-full platitudes in late September.
There is an outright rejection of bromides that would give us some conclusion of reassurance.
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Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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.
Charter Club Women’s Quarter Zip Sweater Half zips are back!
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Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Oct. 2025
Prada gave athleticism her signature Milanese twist with sporty zips in pretty pastels, while Gucci showed shrunken, ladylike jackets as transitional layers.
Which brings us back to the twin aphorisms that began this piece.
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George Pesansky,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
The acting legend, who was baptized and became a minister at the end of 2024, has entered his zen era, content to reel off aphorisms about fame and filmmaking; taking shots while walking backwards into his own mystique.
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