breakout
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That’s when Maye, the breakout star of last season, made the baffling decision that swung the first game of the 2026 NFL season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The foldable is a crucial test for Apple, which has not launched a breakout hit since the AirPods 10 years ago.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Weaver was a breakout star of the Netflix docuseries America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, with her exit from the squad a major storyline of the third season.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Hampton is a serious breakout candidate after rushing for 545 yards and four touchdowns in nine games during an injury-hampered rookie season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Lee’s final great hope for a breakout came the previous night.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
But breakouts often get tested, and the pullback the dollar saw to set support took the form of a “flag” pattern, shown below.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
The incident set off alarms at OpenAI, which shut down systems it uses to test its AI models after it learned of the incident, to assess the damage and prevent further breakouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The breakouts happen more frequently here, and they become more debilitating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Research done by senior market strategist Mike Webster at Investor’s Business Daily shows the most successful IPO base breakouts share two key traits: a major single-day price surge and heavy trading volume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
When kids did stage desperate, pathetic breakouts, it had been in small groups of Reds, Oranges, and Yellows.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
