break out
Example Sentences
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The author was 5 years old when war broke out and Hitler and Stalin carved up her country.
Her father, who died seven years ago, helped her pick her first guitar, but the guitar was left behind when the fire broke out.
From Los Angeles Times
Adobe doesn’t break out the data by state, but other studies had predicted consumer spending in California would grow.
From Los Angeles Times
While large U.S. defense companies don’t break out sales related to electronic warfare in their results, European peers report some of their highest margins in this field.
Protests have broken out in at least 17 of Iran's 31 provinces, presenting the largest challenge to the country's clerical establishment since 2022, a BBC Verify and BBC Persian analysis has found.
From BBC
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