breaking

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That’s what happens when you have a fastball that reaches 100 miles per hour, a disappearing splitter and an array of breaking balls with inconceivable movement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The stock market rallied on Tuesday because apparently those three characters are going to leave quietly, at the same time, without breaking anything in your asset allocation.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

The results open the door to new treatments aimed at breaking down these damaging sugars in the digestive system.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

He tested himself on increasingly higher peaks, relishing moments such as breaking through cloud layers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

She nodded, and sent him an image of a crystal breaking in half.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville