breakup
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An 11-second TikTok video with more than a million views shows a young woman named Ceci examining a lengthy breakup text she has received.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Agency for International Development, which aimed to grow the private sector after the Soviet Union’s breakup.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
And what a performance turned in by Lindsay, who contributed three solo tackles, a pass breakup and an interception in a 28-10 loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
It’s where Dakota Johnson apparently lives while going through her post-college identity crisis in the 2010s breakup movie How to Be Single.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Yeah, I had a bad breakup, too, before I met Claire. There was this girl, Julia? Ugh, she was the worst. I don’t know what I saw in her.”
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
Anhor The Great had so many pass breakups that counting would’ve been a fool’s errand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
There are famous breakups, and there are ones that upset the universe’s parasocial order.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026
A lot of my friends are getting married, of course, but many of them have also been dealing with heavy personal news: breakups, layoffs and the deaths of family members and friends.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
After all, the trajectory of most rock bands follows a similar script—the hungry rise, the overwhelming success, the perils of stardom—followed by breakups, feuds, recoveries and reunions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
With me as the worried mother figure who consoled him over bad breakups, and him as the sensitive kid who listened and supported me through my meltdowns.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
