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heaves

/ ː /

noun

  1. Also calledbroken wind a chronic respiratory disorder of animals of the horse family caused by allergies and dust
  2. the heaves slang.
    an attack of vomiting or retching
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Cronin is loved for building teams that improve with the schedule, fight till the finish, and have been a couple of last-second Gonzaga heaves from seriously competing for a national title.

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For now, let’s celebrate the end of the most vexing, mean-spirited and household-dividing presidential election in modern times, as it heaves itself across the finish line and crumples in a lousy heap.

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The magazines are sometimes oversized and increasingly matte finished, filled with edge-to-edge photographs and literary heaves.

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He heaves out and then I hear the soft click of claws going across the bathroom tile.

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With each of their heaves, the rope squeaked and the branch above bounced precariously.

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