breaking point
Example Sentences
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The Fire Brigades Union warned more intense flooding and wildfires threatened to push services "past breaking point" while Wales' Future Generations Commissioner said it would be "mass negligence" not to prioritise adapting to extreme weather.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Four years ago, Dr. Brandon Williams, an internal-medicine doctor at a hospital in La Jolla, Calif., reached a breaking point.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
"When the nanopillars are closer together, more of them can press on the same virus at once, stretching its outer shell past breaking point."
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
It’s true airfare hasn’t yet reached a breaking point at which people are avoiding the skies completely because they can no longer afford to fly.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Rather, their psyches had been pushed by extraordinary events to the breaking point, and they had experienced a sort of nervous collapse.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
