breaker

Example Sentences

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If return-to-office mandates are a deal breaker, Choudhury said you don’t have to be limited to domestic employers in your job hunt.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

If you have to evacuate, you should disconnect all electrical appliances or turn off electric circuits at the fuse box or circuit breaker panel.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

There is no punting in touch football, but there’s always going to be a rule breaker who can’t help but punt the ball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

They campaign for a short "circuit breaker" lockdown to try to drive down infections.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

But on the afternoon of September 20, 1940, a young code breaker named Genevieve Grotjan approached some of the senior team members.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield