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a builder being sued by a homeowner for breaching a contract
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Recent Examples of breached
During searches of the building, crews breached an upper floor apartment and evacuated two adults and one child out of the building safely, Hopkins said.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
On September 10, when several Russian drones breached Poland’s airspace, NATO aircraft were scrambled to intercept and shoot down some of the devices.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
On Monday, Romanian Defense Minister Ionut Mosteanu said that another drone had been found close to his country’s border with Ukraine, weeks after Bucharest alleged that a Russian drone breached its airspace during an attack on its neighbor.
—Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
The town of McCordsville is suing a popular local winery, alleging the owners have breached a 2015 development agreement and hosted live concerts against local zoning law.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025
The company released a more expensive version of its subscription-fee offering in the EU in 2023, but was slapped with a €200 million ($232 million) fine in April after regulators argued the model still breached the bloc’s digital antitrust rules and didn’t offer users a genuine free choice.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
However, in 2022, the gap was breached, and the flies have been steadily moving northward.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
To compromise some of the devices, the creators of the botnet initially breached an update server for a router manufacturer called Totolink to distribute malware.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Missile attacks continue to rain down on Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine, whilst the latest show of aggression saw Polish and Romanian airspace breached by Russian drones.
—Richard Branson, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
On September 10, when several Russian drones breached Poland’s airspace, NATO aircraft were scrambled to intercept and shoot down some of the devices.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
On Monday, Romanian Defense Minister Ionut Mosteanu said that another drone had been found close to his country’s border with Ukraine, weeks after Bucharest alleged that a Russian drone breached its airspace during an attack on its neighbor.
—Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
The town of McCordsville is suing a popular local winery, alleging the owners have breached a 2015 development agreement and hosted live concerts against local zoning law.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025
The company released a more expensive version of its subscription-fee offering in the EU in 2023, but was slapped with a €200 million ($232 million) fine in April after regulators argued the model still breached the bloc’s digital antitrust rules and didn’t offer users a genuine free choice.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
However, in 2022, the gap was breached, and the flies have been steadily moving northward.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
To compromise some of the devices, the creators of the botnet initially breached an update server for a router manufacturer called Totolink to distribute malware.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Missile attacks continue to rain down on Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine, whilst the latest show of aggression saw Polish and Romanian airspace breached by Russian drones.
—Richard Branson, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breached
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Days later, on September 13, Russian drones violated Romanian airspace, prompting Bucharest to scramble fighter jets.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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In another lawsuit, lawyers argue that the First Amendment rights of detainees are being violated because attorneys face challenges in meeting with their clients at the site.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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After coming back from a 3-0 deficit in the 2004 American League Championship Series, the Red Sox not only broke their World Series curse that year, but went on to defeat the Yankees in the teams' next two postseason battles in 2018 and 2021.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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As the circle closed in, the pig faked right and broke left, making a mad dash for the nearby woods (Jonathan Taylor, watch your back).—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Breached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breached. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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