breakout

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And he has led winger Cole Caufield, Montreal’s shortest player at 5-foot-8, from the fringes of the roster to a breakout 2025-26 season.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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

Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This” “Another nomination is coming for one, if not both, of the ‘Only Murders in the Building’ guys, but I think ‘Shrinking’s’ breakout season puts Jason Segel a bit above them.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

That move also successfully retested the prior breakout level above the double-bottom pivot at $78.59, which was originally cleared on Feb. 4.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

“Hermione, there’s obviously been a mass breakout which the Ministry has hushed up. Travers’s hood fell off when I cursed him, he’s supposed to be inside too. But what happened to you, Remus? Where’s George?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling