breached

past tense of breach

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Recent Examples of breached Hugging Face was recently hacked by one of OpenAI's agents, with Sam Altman's group publishing a technical report on Wednesday detailing how its models breached Hugging Face last month. Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Iran has long been accused of carrying out cyber-attacks that have caused power outages and breached sensitive government data globally, including by Turkey in 2015, and Israel in 2022. Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 The following day, the buyers told Sportico that Taylor had breached the terms of their contract. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026 In an affidavit cited by the Dallas Morning News last month, Howard said Wirskye considered the agreement breached after Howard mentioned during opening statements that Anthony was in the chess club, straying beyond the events under the tent. Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026 Moldova’s Defense Ministry also said its airspace was breached by at least one drone. Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 The couple allege that Jacques, who represents Sjöö’s estate, breached contract conditions in selling the paintings to them and subsequently rescinding the sale. News Desk, Artforum, 19 Aug. 2026 This is the first time the $90 mark has been breached in August. Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Six trespassers have breached the fence around Denver International Airport since 2023, culminating in the May crash with a Frontier Airlines flight that killed a person who scaled the security fence and walked onto a runway, police records show. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breached
Verb
  • After a federal jury in the District of Columbia ruled in favor of Democracy Partners, O’Keefe and Maass appealed, arguing the damages violated their First Amendment rights to freedom of the press.
    Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Nor could the state provide recidivism or success rate data related to the total number of participants who violated probation, were arrested or who successfully completed the program.
    Julie Watts August 20, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Seattle Seahawks are the defending champions but have lost two key members of their secondary in free agency and their second-round pick, safety Bud Clark, who was supposed to be a replacement for Coby Bryant, broke an ankle in the preseason.
    Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Parton's impact broke barriers Responses to Parton's death have transcended geographical, racial and gender-based lines.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Breached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breached. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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