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breaker

[brey-ker] / ˈbreɪ kər /
NOUN
large wave
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One Friday night that May, roughly 1,600 people watched live as a breaker opened a sealed case of NBA cards.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

On Wednesday, regulators were obliged to enforce the circuit breaker, suspending all trading temporarily, for the second consecutive day and the tenth time this year.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

The tech-heavy Kospi has been halted eight times so far this year under a stock market mechanism known as a circuit breaker, which is designed to calm panic selling.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

“Without a circuit breaker in sight and the U.S. out on holiday, the bearish dynamics could continue ahead of the weekend,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

“I’m serious! Facing that ankle breaker wasn’t great, William.”

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone




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