breakthrough
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Police now say they hope advances in forensic science will "provide the breakthrough needed to identify who was responsible".
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Now Vance is celebrating the return of those same inspectors as a historic breakthrough.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
Is it time to stop betting on the next breakthrough and start betting on mass scale?
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
Starting with his 2019 breakthrough “Bait,” he fashions handmade movies that eschew modern filmmaking techniques.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
In October 1917, near the little frontier town of Caporetto, the Austrians with their German allies achieved an unexpected breakthrough in what is called the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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