breaks

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But I can’t say it’s comforting to be on a cruise when news breaks of a suspected hantavirus outbreak on another cruise line, even if it’s a world away in West Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

If your streetlight breaks, it’ll take roughly a year for the city to fix it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

She attended Princeton University, spending school breaks and weekends cleaning houses and cutting grass to pay for her tuition, according to testimony by then-US Senator Dianne Feinstein at her confirmation hearings.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The students rehearse their choreography before a mirror even before class starts, and many of them use rest breaks to ask friends for help to correct their steps.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

“The assumption with the large earthquake,” Malone explained, “is that it’s a fracture of the rock … Like if you bend a stick and it breaks, you hear a pop— that’s the earthquake!”

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone