breaks
Example Sentences
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“It’s this containment here that then just breaks apart and opens up,” said Martínez Celaya.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
It breaks my heart to see the things that are happening.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
“At the time, the reason and intention behind me giving them their breaks was I thought they had valuable information to share that had been meaningful to me,” she explained.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
"Some of the girls have had DMs saying 'it would have made our day, we're disappointed' and it breaks your heart because you want everyone to have the best time ever."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
“The assumption with the large earthquake,” Malone explained, “is that it’s a fracture of the rock … Like if you bend a stick and it breaks, you hear a pop— that’s the earthquake!”
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
