Breathe
Cry
Cry verb - To shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress.
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Past generations sometimes held a newborn upside down by the ankles and thumped the back to clear the air passages, but in real life, most babies breathe and cry on their own when they are born.
Source: The Coconut Effect -
New Sound Album: Cry completed the transition from country-pop to outright pop that began in Breathe.
Source: Music / Faith Hill -
In Harry Potter, there are various fantastic plants, such as the mandrake roots that look like human beings and can kill people with their cry, the gillyweed, that helps Harry breathe underwater, and the Mimbletonia, Neville's pet plant.
Source: Fantastic Flora
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