broke
Example Sentences
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Annual food inflation was already at 72% when protests broke out across the country in December.
A BBC TV News report about the chart battle is remembered as the moment when alternative music culture truly broke through to the mainstream.
From BBC
Near Syracuse, Micron just broke ground on a $100 billion fab complex that represents the state of New York’s largest-ever private investment.
The court heard that the suitcases used had reinforced metal bottoms with holes punched into them to provide ventilation for the "rather bulky and heavy" base stations, which frequently broke down.
From BBC
But Harp broke the news that the sales records were just a "pile of notes" that went back decades.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
