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breaker

[brey-ker] / ˈbreɪ kər /
NOUN
large wave
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“I know every speed breaker, every pothole,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 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

They campaign for a short "circuit breaker" lockdown to try to drive down infections.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

For almost two decades, Driscoll had been the Navy’s star code breaker.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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