breakup

Example Sentences

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Sounds spark the feelings we cycled through during some life event—floating on a river, suffering through a breakup.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Other possible explanations for asteroid activity include rotational breakup, gravitational tidal forces during close planetary encounters and the release of trapped gases.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

His friend group was falling apart, he was going through a difficult breakup, and his parents were in the process of separating.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Investor and Berkshire board member Chris Davis, whose firm, Davis Advisors, has been a Markel investor since its IPO, doesn’t like the Jana breakup idea.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Both couples divorced in the eighties and the end of their marriages marked the breakup of the band.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi