- past tense form of break.
brake
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The aircraft hit the sand and rolled for about 100 feet before Mike made a hard turn, forcing the aircraft to brake and enabling the pair to emerge unscathed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
This process acted as a natural brake on warming for millions of years and helped move Earth toward its present cooler climate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Since regenerative braking lets you drive with just the accelerator pedal, I go days without ever touching the brake pedal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Reintroducing tigers could put "a bit of a brake" on unsustainable development in the Cardamoms, said Tom Gray, of WWF's global tiger programme.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Going down, I had to press hard on the brake and the rubber mat.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The car braked, steered and accelerated more smoothly than my Ford Mustang Mach-E.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
“The Waymo Driver braked hard, reducing speed from approximately 17 mph to under 6 mph before contact was made.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
When she braked, a third agent became visible standing in front of the car.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2026
Bortoleto was trying to pass Williams' Alex Albon but appeared to hit a wet patch on the track as he braked.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
The gravel crackled under my wheels as I braked in our driveway.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
It defines how predictably and agreeably a car will swivel its hips, under braking and throttle, without spinning out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Federal regulators are currently weighing a mandate for emergency braking systems in vehicles more than 10,000 pounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Tesla’s FSD controls steering, acceleration and braking, but requires close human supervision and intervention if it disengages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
In these circumstances, the battery does not have enough capacity to deliver a full charge on both straights, and it's not possible to recover enough energy in one braking zone to fully recharge it.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
But “standard” by then included some remarkable safety technology, like an antilock braking system, which allowed for swifter stoppage time and had first been developed in the 1960s.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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