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breach

[breech] / britʃ /




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And yet the headlines allow critics to claim they are not just ramshackle and amateurish but can point to what looks like a pattern of activity, consciously pursued, to breach the law.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

OpenAI paused some model development for two weeks this summer after two models it was testing were involved in a security breach at AI platform Hugging Face.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Smith is accused of fraudulent inducement and breach of fiduciary duty.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Three days after Nutex disclosed the incident on Aug. 24, a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against the company, alleging negligence related to the breach.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The fifth breach was three times wider than the others, and only twenty-five feet beyond the last one.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

His inspectors frequently find breaches of building regulations, he tells us, including insulation, brickwork and carpentry problems.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

But an expert report prepared for the Silivri prosecutor's office, a copy of which was seen by AFP, indicated there had been multiple breaches of safety procedures aboard the tanker.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

The other is a powerful exposé on the safety breaches that have caused deadly crashes and accidents on Boeing airplanes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

A simple Google search of this management software continues to show on-going issues due to outages, ransomware breaches, cyberattacks and tech glitches that caused global classes and exams to need rescheduling.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

Now silently the host of Rohan moved forward into the field of Gondor, pouring in slowly but steadily, like the rising tide through breaches in a dike that men have thought secure.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

He breached his licence conditions by not declaring their relationship, and using a second mobile phone to hide his dating site activity.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

That was the first time the yen breached the key 160 level since the historic Japan-U.S. intervention in the currency market.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

The fallout triggered allegations that Sturgeon had breached the ministerial code through her handling of contacts with Salmond and by misleading the Scottish Parliament about what she knew and when.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Hugging Face gained attention earlier this summer when OpenAI models breached controls and were able to compromise the company’s systems.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

It breached the surface and sent waves rolling away.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

It will be the first time Palace have competed in the Europa League, having been demoted from the competition last July for breaching multi-club ownership rules.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Some routinely put on a show: NYC0318, a whale also seen by AFP on a recent outing, often charms whale watchers with sensational lunge-feeds, breaching the water and prompting shrieks of delight.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

The shark made a few circles, its fins at times breaching the water’s surface as stunned fishermen looked on.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

He is already in prison having been jailed on Thursday after admitting breaching a restraining order that banned him from posting online about his ex-partner Georgia Harrison.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

More importantly, breaching that physical barrier opened researchers’ minds to the wider spectrum of powered flight’s possibilities, and its challenges.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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