broken

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Putting up all those new data centers requires plenty of what builders call aggregate, and what the rest of us call rocks that have been broken into smaller rocks.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Within hours of carrying the first telegram across the English Channel in 1850, the earliest “submarine telegraph”—27 miles of copper wire wrapped in a rubbery substance called gutta percha—was broken by a fishing trawler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“That foundation was broken on Monday, and despite our attempts to engage with Scott Pelley and to find a way back, unfortunately we weren’t able to do so, and so we had to part ways.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The structural bull case for South Korea has not broken.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

“Miss Tansy,” she said in a broken voice.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck