break-in
Example Sentences
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Tomos, who has worked at Canna Deli for nine years and owned it for the past three, described the break-in as "gutting" and said he had never experienced so much crime.
From BBC
His parents, both aged 80, slept through the break-in.
From BBC
The background to the 1973 memo was that President Richard Nixon was under investigation for his role in the Watergate break-in and Vice President Spiro Agnew was under grand jury investigation for tax evasion.
From Salon
The break-in is thought to have happened overnight from Friday to Saturday.
From BBC
There were 36 guilty verdicts or guilty pleas associated with the Watergate scandal two years after the break-in.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
