broke out
Example Sentences
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Since the renewed fighting broke out, more than 184,000 people have been displaced from their homes, according to the United Nations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
After being put in a heated incubator, Ralph's body broke out in head-to-toe blisters.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
She broke out in hives, and “since then I’ve had really bad alpha-gal, much worse than before the operation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
A wildfire that scorched 42,000 hectares in southwest France has finally been declared extinguished, two months after the country's largest blaze since 1949 broke out, authorities said Monday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
By the time World War I broke out, lethal new weapons gave the armies of 1914 a concentration of firepower unimaginable in any previous period of warfare.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
