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At least last season the Chargers could point to a specific positional breakdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
BBC Verify has asked the Conservatives for a full breakdown of their figure.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
In the worms, problems with leucine breakdown disrupted mitochondrial function and were linked to fertility problems.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
A breakdown of the movement between the 10-year and the 2-year yields shows that when the 10-year rose faster than the 2-year in the summer of 2023, the XLF did poorly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
But a day or two after the trip to Arles, a few days after Theo’s letter telling of his exhaustion, Vincent had a severe breakdown.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
According to the suit, the issues led to at least one collision and two train breakdowns that stranded hundreds of travelers in the heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Kim Fustier, senior global oil and gas analyst at HSBC, said in a Tuesday note that her new base case now assumes that a U.S.-Iran understanding will emerge but be vulnerable to repeated breakdowns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Jo hit burnout a year into her management role, and it led to two breakdowns within a year.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
These situations often triggered larger breakdowns around cultural issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
"You mean other daughters have also had breakdowns?"
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
