break ground
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Goucher will earn $7.5 million by leasing land to the neighboring senior-living community, which will break ground this fall on an expansion, bringing its total population from 400 to around 600 by 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
The company plans to break ground on a sprawling $1-billion campus near the Long Beach Airport by midyear.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Family members loaned Thang four glittering one-luong bars -- a standard Vietnamese unit equivalent to 1.2 troy ounces -- to break ground on his house in 2022.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
Lawmakers know that most of these sites break ground long before the public even hears about them.
From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025
Foremole and his team knew all there was to know about the diggings: depth, approximate dimensions, the placement of shoring, even where the first rat’s head was likely to break ground.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
