break a story
Example Sentences
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The students even helped break a story that led to the local school superintendent being outsted, said Peter Laufer, chair of the university’s journalism school.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
When I first started, I thought you had to pitch a fully broken-out story as a staff writer, but it takes a room full of people to break a story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
The narrator can make or break a story.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2022
He circumvented the rigid traditions of most journalists and newspapers of his day to break a story that changed one woman's life, as well as the political fabric of our country.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2021
First we break a story of what Dabney's field means for the future of mankind—and then we prove it!
From Operation: Outer Space by Leinster, Murray
