breakers
Example Sentences
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Although the commission continues to receive complaints about violations of campaign-finance laws, it is unable to conduct investigations, finalize pending cases, or issue civil penalties against rule breakers.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
The exchange plans to add circuit breakers to halt trading if prices go up or down too much, “so we have more trading guardrails,” she adds.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
"It's like building an expressway and adding speed breakers every few kilometres," says Bansal.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
He assumed that these conditions were deal breakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
“You going to ditch us? Dump us back with the rest of the ship breakers while you go back to being swank?”
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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