breathe life into
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Today's the day it comes together, as 24 musicians breathe life into the music they penned in their cramped east London studio.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
And writing the formula in computer code doesn’t breathe life into it; it just uses a different set of symbols to describe it.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
“Dust off your old one. Go into a library and use it today. Come breathe life into it.”
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
“This lawsuit arises in an era when money too often eclipses meaning and the pursuit of profit threatens to erase the very traditions that breathe life into institutions,” the filing reads.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
The voices and the laughter and the music breathe life into the sullen walls.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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