breakers

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Any sharp movement in stock price could trigger so-called circuit breakers that could pause trading.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The Eaton catalog is unglamorous: switchgear, circuit breakers, power-distribution units.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

"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

Then he struck the shore and turned south, keeping outside the breakers and inland of the islands, until he found Popham and rowed up the shining waters of the Kennebec.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt