breaker
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“I know every speed breaker, every pothole,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Diplomacy now has a live-market feed, one that operates on a 24-hour crypto exchange with no circuit breaker and is visible simultaneously to every government, hedge fund, and sanctions-compliance desk on earth.
From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026
The tax collector is expecting more than 20.7 million extension requests this year, which would be a record breaker.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
If you have to evacuate, you should disconnect all electrical appliances or turn off electric circuits at the fuse box or circuit breaker panel.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
He was pitched nearly out, but grabbed hold on the mast-staff before the next breaker struck.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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