break
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Ahmed: It wasn’t so much out of a kind of frustration or a desire to create work for myself or break out of a pigeonhole or anything like that.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
There are actually two points at which you break even.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
"You can imagine the whole system as a finely branched power grid that becomes increasingly damaged with age: connections break down and currents stall," explains Dr. Maria Ermolaeva, the study's lead author.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
"Under constant pressure they break a person," he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
But Joey is willing to break the rules to advocate for herself and other people with leprosy.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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