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breakers

NOUN
surf
Synonyms
STRONGEST
swell wave
STRONG
combers rollers spindrift
WEAK
breaking waves
NOUN
white water
Synonyms
WEAK
lather rapid rapids soapsuds spindrift spoondrift spray suds surf wild water

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"It's like building an expressway and adding speed breakers every few kilometres," says Bansal.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 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

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

He also likes companies linked to power distribution, switchgear, uninterruptible power supply, breakers and busways, such as Eaton Corp.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

Their tiny boat hurtled through foam and breakers under Reynolds’s sure hand.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

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