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“You’re not going to break up, are you?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Powerful winds break up the ice cover, causing individual floes to move, drift, and collide with one another.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

The solution to all this isn’t to break up the companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Bouzkova took command almost straight away, winning seven games in a row to clinch the first set and go a double break up in the second.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

“She’ll break up there where she’s to,” he said.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier


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