break ground
Example Sentences
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Haleon will break ground on a facility to make oral-health products in Madhya Pradesh, central India, on Monday, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
“Starting this summer, the West Gateway project will break ground and by summer 2028, over 12 million tons of clean beautiful coal per year will be shipped to countries all around the world,” Trump said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
The developers hope to break ground by the end of the year on the 60-acre facility at a former oil terminal in Bayonne.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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
He would watch my beans break ground and spread, and would notice with pleasure their pods growing plump.
From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
