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During the session, Leier was practicing a form of high-intensity breathing called holotropic breathwork, he said.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025

"When I first met Riley he already knew he was going to lose the bottom half of his leg and he was practicing hopping up the stairs," Mr Day said.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2025

On the morning the Cannes Film Festival opened, Messi, the canine hero of last year’s Palme d’Or-winning “Anatomy of a Fall,” was practicing climbing the stairs of the Grand Lumière Theater.

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

Just before Millie decided it was nap time, the pup known as 968 was practicing manipulating a crab shell, one of the skills she’d need to survive in the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Bull was practicing his two-hand set shot from long range.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy