broke out
Example Sentences
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More than 200 people have been evacuated from a seaside hotel after a fire broke out overnight.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Two months ago, an AI swarm broke out of a lab and went on a hacking spree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The fire broke out in a canyon and had been moving up the hillsides, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
OpenAI had revealed that during testing, the AI models broke out of their confined environment, connected to the internet and infiltrated Hugging Face, a site developers use to store and share code.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
A loud argument broke out in the public lounge between Tommy Forester and the dark-eyed man, whose name appeared to be Alum Bey.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
