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Shares in Asia were mostly lower on Monday, with Tokyo the only major regional market to advance, after Wall Street wheezed to more losses with its worst week in six months.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2023

But I’m the kind of person who trained for, and wheezed his way through, a cycling tour of Provence with his dad, but who almost never rode to work.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2023

It started in mid-September with Vance, 5, who came down with RSV and wheezed so badly that his skin was pulling in and out of his ribs with every breath.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022

At Detroit Country Day School, the football team wheezed its way up a steep slope known simply as “The Hill” on the backside of the leafy campus.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022

She wheezed heavily and looked at me, wide- eyed.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang