as in breathes
to inhale and exhale air
though unconscious, the patient is still respiring
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Inside, each of the three hundred and sixty-five exercises breathes on its own page.—
David O’Neill,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026 -
That’s what Lanza atelier has achieved with ‘a serpentine,’ a structure that breathes with its surroundings.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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“Respires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respires. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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