broke

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Fernandes broke the record for the most assists in a single Premier League season on the final day of the 2025-26 campaign, setting up his 21st goal against Brighton.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Gold prices, in fact, broke through a key technical threshold late last week—closing below the 200-day moving average that investors use as a benchmark for longer-term momentum—for the first time in 2½ years.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Talks repeatedly broke down, as he went toe-to-toe with Masayoshi Son, CEO of Sprint’s majority owner, SoftBank, and a famously tough negotiator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Three structural assumptions supporting most retirement plans broke in just six months.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

When Hugo said that, my heart broke in a thousand different ways.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler