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breakup

[breyk-uhp] / ˈbreɪkˌʌp /


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Appeared in the June 17, 2026, print edition as 'A Retro Breakup Record'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Breakup therapy is about moving past the relationship.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023

The team was so alarmed that Pettit and Wild decided they will return this December to install a new instrument station: “BOB,” short for Breakup Observer.

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2022

Breakup pop, whether it knows it or not, is marked by this Romantic inheritance.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021

Author Han Han, 32, had a hit with his debut, “The Continent,” while actor Deng Chao, 35, got behind the camera for the well-received romantic comedy “The Breakup Guru.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2015




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