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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

Even people who are in the country legally have tried to make a break for it.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 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

He planned to make a break as soon as Beatrice turned on the flashlight again.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen




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