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breakaway

noun as in secession

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Beijing sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that will, in time, be part of the country.

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The sport remains fractured since the arrival of the breakaway LIV Golf league in 2022.

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Democrats had refused to vote to fund the federal government unless the subsidies were extended, but late Sunday a breakaway group of Senate Democrats broke ranks to support ending the shutdown.

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This is a major change for LIV and the most significant move since Scott O'Neil replaced Greg Norman as the breakaway tour's chief executive last year.

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Even transfer point guard Donovan Dent, for all his brilliance, had a regrettable moment, missing a breakaway dunk.

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