How to Use jailbreak in a Sentence

jailbreak

noun
  • And the jailbreak hassle isn’t worth it for most users.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The concept art came in handy in the jailbreak sequence.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Turns out there’d been a jailbreak from the Pine Street Hotel and the two fellows on the lam were in our back yard.
    Michael Smerconish, Philly.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The Jays tacked on four more runs against Dombrowski’s Triple-A bullpen in a jailbreak ninth.
    Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2019
  • Read Lily’s story about the jailbreak of John Deere tractors.
    WIRED, 20 Aug. 2022
  • A retro soundtrack inspired by the two Guardians movies kicks off the jailbreak bedlam.
    Brady MacDonald, latimes.com, 25 May 2017
  • This is a far cry from jailbreaks over the past decade that forced users to run outdated versions of iOS.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The jailbreak gained him a golden ticket to the 275-acre Farm Sanctuary.
    Zolan Kanno-Youngs, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2018
  • Konecny’s mid-ice strip on the right triggered the jailbreak, and his saucer pass to Giroux from Bobrovsky’s left side to Giroux’s stick on the other side was on the tape.
    Sam Donnellon, Philly.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Wilson, facing a jailbreak from the 49ers defensive line, is sacked for a 7-yard loss.
    oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Being the only one around here with a conscience, Klimova will have to figure out what kind of jailbreak is called for.
    John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The Bengals eased the rookie into his first game in 19 months, calling his number on a jailbreak screen that picked up 16 yards.
    Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 17 Aug. 2021
  • This is a big word and is no parallel to a jailbreak when one is probably headed for a new jail or will be forced back to the old one.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald, Esquire, 7 Mar. 2017
  • The season 11 finale serves up great action as Hotch is arrested thanks to Mr. Scratch and the team heads to a prison to stop a massive planned jailbreak.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Usually the fence holds, but this time the goats managed a jailbreak, knocking down the walls of their pen and pouring onto the streets of the neighborhood.
    Melissa Locker, Time, 13 May 2020
  • Then came Andrew's winds and with them a literal jailbreak.
    By Michael Browning, miamiherald, 25 Aug. 2015
  • The best days for iOS jailbreaking were years ago, when jailbreaks were common, easy to use, and available often.
    Wired, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The escape, Israel’s biggest jailbreak in more than 20 years, set off an uproar.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2021
  • He was apprehended with the help of the U.S. marshals in Harris County four months after the jailbreak.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Its blitz across Iraq in 2014 was made possible by massive jailbreaks.
    The Economist, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Can the defense be disciplined enough to prevent a Jackson jailbreak or three?
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The danger in forcing Bortles to beat them is assuring it doesn’t set off a Fournette jailbreak.
    Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The report doesn't state whether the teen has been caught, but officials told FOX 29 the unnamed 16-year-old could be charged with escape and end up in state custody as a result of the jailbreak.
    Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, 3 Aug. 2018
  • But the jailbreak was a sensation, inspired a stage play and, in Britain, conferred on Blake an aura of almost Bond-like derring-do.
    The Economist, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Earlier this month, an Australian hacker did a live jailbreak of a John Deere tractor display to play Doom on it.
    Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 25 Aug. 2022
  • All the jailbreaks [that] were done later on [happened] once the operating system boots.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Plus: An iOS 14 jailbreak is out, Solarwinds details emerge, and more of the week's top security news.
    Brian Barrett, Wired, 6 Mar. 2021
  • He is charged with escape in the first degree in relation to the April 29 jailbreak that authorities say was aided by Vicky White.
    Jenn Selva, CNN, 18 May 2022
  • Some jailbreaks will coerce the chatbots into explaining how to make weapons.
    Rachel Metz, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2023
  • On Macs, the jailbreak allows researchers to probe the T2 chip and explore its security features.
    Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 6 Oct. 2020

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