Workers who survived the year without getting laid off breathed a sigh of relief.

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This holiday shortened first trading week of 2013 comes to a close with investors breathing a sigh of relief that a fall off the fiscal cliff did not occur.

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When they are caught, and we do want them caught, they are either ticketed or hauled off to jail as the community heaves a collective sigh of relief.

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Six months ago, I might have written a different story as retail sales appeared to be heating up, consumer savings were coming off historic highs, and everyone seemed to be breathing a sigh of relief that economic indicators were pointing toward recovery.

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These previous attempts to go after the muni bond tax-exemption so far have not paid off, and muni bond investors have been able to breathe a sigh of relief.

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But Renault breathed a sigh of relief by the end of Sunday's race as their exercise in damage limitation appeared to pay off with a two-stop strategy.

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