breaker

Example Sentences

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“He would hurl himself straight as an arrow right into the great roaring grey wall of an oncoming breaker and go clean through it as if it had neither weight nor momentum.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

If return-to-office mandates are a deal breaker, Choudhury said you don’t have to be limited to domestic employers in your job hunt.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

But Fritz powered through the breaker, sealing a one-set lead after 70 minutes with his sixth ace.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

But there's a lesser-known record breaker on the other side of the country, on Australia's north-western coast: Ningaloo Reef.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

Diploma in hand, Elizebeth returned to her ordinary routines as the top code breaker at the Treasury Department and the Coast Guard.

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