breaking off
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“He’s going to be breaking off a lot of these wood bats with that cut fastball.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that some data centers experienced cranks breaking off on combustion engines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Video taken at the port in Maumere - the largest town in Flores - showed large chunks of concrete breaking off the terminal building onto passengers waiting to board an inter-island ferry.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
And they use tools -- research last year showed a critically endangered population of orcas in the Salish Sea breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
But I can see him studying his newspaper, breaking off regularly to look up at the passers-by on the pavement outside.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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