breakaway

Example Sentences

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For a high-achieving few, the breakaway spirit of the Great Resignation is still alive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Separatist fighters in the country's two English-speaking regions - the North-West and the South-West - took up arms in 2017 calling for the creation of a breakaway state called Ambazonia.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Brady Tkachuk’s third-period breakaway goal closed out the U.S. scoring.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

For the second straight day, Milan's Lidl-Trek team managed the stage perfectly, this time reeling in a breakaway trio three kilometres from the line.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Yet the PAC aroused in me the hope that even though the founders were breakaway ANC men, unity between our two groups was possible.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela