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WORDS RELATED TO SIGH
moan, sob, groan, whisper, cry, whistle, murmur, gasp, exhale, howl, blow, sough, pant, roar, gri
eve, sorrow, lament, whine, respire, wheeze

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• When the quarantine was over, Mulhern breathed a sigh of relief.

AFTER TELLING MORE THAN 800 ATHLETES AND COACHES TO QUARANTINE, A COUNTY HALTS YOUTH SPORTS|OVETTA
WIGGINS|NOVEMBER 30, 2020|WASHINGTON POST

• Investors have seemingly breathed a sigh of relief after Tesla continued its profitability
streak, as the Elon Musk–led company beat earnings estimates late Wednesday.

TESLA SHARES POP AFTER A BIG EARNINGS BEAT—BUT ITS JUMP TO THE S&P 500 IS HARDLY A ‘SURE THING’|ANNE
SRADERS|OCTOBER 22, 2020|FORTUNE

• Yet in recent years, there’s an equally unmistakable, collective sigh of frustration that often
accompanies the actual announcements.

ARE THE SCIENCE NOBELS STUCK IN THE 20TH CENTURY?|CHARU KASTURI|OCTOBER 11, 2020|OZY

• Mock-up of iOS 14 tracking permission dialog. While some mobile marketers breathed an
audible sigh of relief with the delay, the reprieve is probably temporary.

APPLE IDFA CONSENT: ROUGHLY 60% OF CONSUMERS OPEN TO ALLOWING TRACKING|GREG STERLING|SEPTEMBER 11,
2020|SEARCH ENGINE LAND
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BRITISH DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR SIGH
verb

(intr) to draw in and exhale audibly a deep breath as an expression of
weariness, despair, relief, etc

(intr) to make a sound resembling this: trees sighing in the wind

(intr often by for) to yearn, long, or pine