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
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