breakout

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The failed breakout above the $149.89 cup-base pivot on Feb. 4 marked a key turning point.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

The song became a breakout single for the duo and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard U.S. dance club songs chart, with The Times calling “It Takes Two” “the rage of the rap underground.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Meanwhile, 1Q was a breakout period for agentic AI, with many companies moving from experimental pilot programs to full-scale enterprise deployment, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The limb I’m happy to go out on: championing Ashley Padilla for her breakout year on ‘Saturday Night Live.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Less than two years later, Fudge had erupted out of the fire yet again, this time with the news that there had been a mass breakout from Azkaban.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling