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Recent Examples of break in
Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Feb. 2025
This precedent was broken in February 2021 when Biden revoked it for Trump.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Feb. 2025
Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
The break-in is what brought the Sultan out to the desert this December afternoon.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Press play above to see what promise Franks is breaking in that laundromat stake-out.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Feb. 2025
This precedent was broken in February 2021 when Biden revoked it for Trump.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
Hillard’s arrest comes more than a year after the Butler County woman called 911 to report a break-in at her home on Jan. 5, 2024, and that her dog was missing, seemingly taken, according to ButlerRadio.com.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
The break-in is what brought the Sultan out to the desert this December afternoon.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for break in
Verb
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Gavriil Grigorov | Afp | Getty Images Europe should have learned its lesson when Russian forces invaded Georgia in 2008, Estonia’s Elias-Hindoalla said, adding that the Ukraine war has since reaffirmed the importance of finding alternative suppliers and improving the bloc’s energy independence.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2025
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Air traveler invades passenger's personal space to snap photos of clouds throughout flight A woman became frustrated on a recent flight to Germany when the passenger seated next to her continuously stretched his arm out to take photos near the window.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
Fox News,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In the case of Haiti, the security situation on the ground has previously interrupted deportations.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
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Others lose a sense of trust by the sarcastic digs, eye rolls, interrupting, or belittling.—
Rachel Glik, Contributor,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Four Colombian nationals were arrested by Oregon authorities following a recent string of home burglaries.—
Christina Shaw,
Fox News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The burglaries are part of a wave of crime tourism.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Ironically the entire sequence only occurred because Demko, uncharacteristically, robbed Cale Makar arriving late and taking the fourth man’s ice, but let the puck spill out of his glove and into the corner where the Avalanche retrieved it.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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Some of you are gonna go home tonight and feel like you’ve been robbed.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This decision comes at a critical juncture as policymakers assess the current state of the U.S. economy following a series of rate cuts in the preceding months.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
29 Jan. 2025
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The prospect of paying huge numbers of workers to sit at home and not work is exactly the kind of situation that lawmakers might look to cut in budget talks.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Paperwork holdups and the slow start of FBI background checks.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
3 Jan. 2025
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That the holdup in the case was the statute of limitations fits into a growing pattern within the legal landscape.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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