breakers
Example Sentences
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The Eaton catalog is unglamorous: switchgear, circuit breakers, power-distribution units.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Spring breakers looking to avoid the chaos at the nation’s airports are considering driving to their destinations instead.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
He assumed that these conditions were deal breakers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
When the extension cords running to the back popped the circuit breakers, repeatedly, he tried to curtail electricity usage in the camp.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
After Yardley’s sellout, the American military brass worried a great deal about the loyalty of their code breakers.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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