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breaker

[brey-ker] / ˈbreɪ kər /
NOUN
large wave
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Both players failed to take break-point opportunities before a match-deciding breaker swung back and forth.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

They sold it later that year for $2.4 million—and the breaker took Whatnot up on its offer of the cash equivalent for the Lamborghini.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

On Wednesday, regulators were obliged to enforce the circuit breaker, suspending all trading temporarily, for the second consecutive day and the tenth time this year.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

“Without a circuit breaker in sight and the U.S. out on holiday, the bearish dynamics could continue ahead of the weekend,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

The record shows that she was a dauntless code breaker.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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