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breaking

[brey-king] / ˈbreɪ kɪŋ /




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At this moment communications with Earth will be interrupted: the four astronauts are expected to become the human beings who have traveled farthest from Earth, breaking the Apollo 13 record.

From Barron's

Ahmad died during Ramadan, and his son was told it happened in the evening, just as people were breaking their fast.

From BBC

He has already hung portraits of himself inside the White House, breaking with the tradition that a president wait until the end of his term to be invited by a successor to unveil a portrait.

From Barron's

At its core, the report found that breaking into a crypto wallet through quantum computing may take fewer resources than previously expected.

From MarketWatch

He tricked her into thinking she could be arrested for breaking Covid lockdown rules as she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham.

From BBC