This was the “in-the-wild” example: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/click-breathing-noise-not-sure-what-to-call-it-removal-help/17396/1
Koz has asked previously if there could be a “reverse” of my Noise Gate plug-in for muting pops and raised the question again in that thread.
Finally got round to making it: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/new-plug-in-effect-popmute/17499/1