break out
Example Sentences
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Ahmed: It wasn’t so much out of a kind of frustration or a desire to create work for myself or break out of a pigeonhole or anything like that.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
What has not kept pace is any serious international framework for protecting plants when wars break out.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
Pennants are viewed as continuation patterns, which means the charted instrument tends to break out in the direction of the trend that preceded it.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
The stock recently attempted to break out above a bull flag near the very round $50 level, but that move was rejected following a doji candle on April 1.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
She was too dehydrated to break out in a sweat.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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