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make a break





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Plotkin, executive director of Temple Israel, said that as his office filled with smoke he decided to make a break for the exit.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

Some Coupang users like Jang Ji-hee, 34, find it difficult to make a break with Coupang despite disappointment over the data leak.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

Better just to make a break for it.

From Slate Oct. 27, 2025

And then there is the petty humiliation embodied by the uniformed market guard hawkishly watching Ansa, as if she is a prisoner who, at any second, is about to make a break from it.

From New York Times Nov. 16, 2023

“I can’t believe you let all those people touch you. I kept expecting you to make a break for the door.”

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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