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breakout

noun as in escape

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Four weeks into the new NFL season, he’s the breakout sensation that the rest of the league is trying to figure out how to stop.

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The publisher had a breakout moment after Oct.

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The novel, which is most often labeled postmodern in its themes, was a breakout success, later becoming one of Hungary’s most celebrated works.

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Since last summer, its price has doubled, driven in part by the breakout from a long ascending triangle that developed between early 2023 and late 2024 at the very round $10 number.

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Since that breakout performance, he has racked up several more acting credits, including “Nine Perfect Strangers,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “The Acolyte.”

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