breaks

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This list leaves plenty room for drink breaks and requests before winding down to some near-universal pleasures.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

And though mandatory three-minute hydration breaks midway through each half have been added, Trudeau questions their impact.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Because cobalt is ferromagnetic and breaks time-reversal symmetry, the electronic states associated with these nodal lines carry a net spin polarization.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Perhaps the best-known examples of fermentation are in baking and brewing, where yeast breaks down sugar into ethanol and carbon dioxide.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Hammering coconuts onto a board doesn’t work because the shell breaks, and if it didn’t break right away, I think bits of it would fall off later and then the raft might sink.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr