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But Ibrahim Sadiq, who has been strongly linked with a move to AZ Alkmaar, scored twice before the break silence a boisterous Pittodrie.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2023

It may be unpopular, even in some religious circles, to break silence in the interest of justice, but we must speak.

From Washington Post Sep. 10, 2021

To break silence is a transgression, of sorts, of the uneasy cease-fire that settles over people who were once intimate.

From Washington Post Nov. 4, 2019

Eventually, Harry Truman will break silence and exhort the Democrats to draft Ike as a great gesture of "nonpartisan Americanism."

From Time Magazine Archive

For her the beasts break silence and talk like humans.

From Fairy Tales from Brazil How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore by Eells, Elsie Spicer




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