as in violating
to fail to keep
a builder being sued by a homeowner for breaching a contract
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Recent Examples of breaching
Advertisement There are no clear penalties defined for any side breaching the peace.
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Bobby Ghosh, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
The products range from bulk explosives to landmines and small breaching charges, including C4.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
The products ranged from bulk explosives to landmines and small breaching charges, including C4.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Other users in the comments suggested the bride look into the legal aspect of the makeup artist withdrawing on such short notice and effectively breaching the contract between them.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Palou does not deny breaching his contact.
—Tom Burrows, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
On the day of the shooting, law enforcement waited some 77 minutes at the scene before breaching a classroom and killing the gunman.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Groves was one of 10 men who escaped from the jail in the early hours of May 16, breaching a cell wall and using a blind spot to flee undetected.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Fossil fuels are also behind the new boundary breaching—the ocean absorbs some of the atmosphere’s excess carbon dioxide, causing waters to become more acidic.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
Bobby Ghosh, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
The products range from bulk explosives to landmines and small breaching charges, including C4.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
The products ranged from bulk explosives to landmines and small breaching charges, including C4.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Other users in the comments suggested the bride look into the legal aspect of the makeup artist withdrawing on such short notice and effectively breaching the contract between them.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Palou does not deny breaching his contact.
—Tom Burrows, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
On the day of the shooting, law enforcement waited some 77 minutes at the scene before breaching a classroom and killing the gunman.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Groves was one of 10 men who escaped from the jail in the early hours of May 16, breaching a cell wall and using a blind spot to flee undetected.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Fossil fuels are also behind the new boundary breaching—the ocean absorbs some of the atmosphere’s excess carbon dioxide, causing waters to become more acidic.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaching
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The Kansas City Chiefs will get a massive reinforcement on Sunday, with wide receiver Rashee Rice ready to play his first game of the year after serving a six-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.—
Jon Conahan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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The investigation revealed Donald had been accused of assault Jacob on at least two other occasions earlier this year, violating a protective order against him on both occasions.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Another study challenging the MICI scenario noted that breaking ice also tends to form a mélange, a dense, jumbled slurry of icebergs and sea ice.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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Moderated by Billboard’s senior editor of Latin Griselda Flores and presented by Live Nation, the panel unpacked the changing dynamics of the live Latin music market – from breaking into untapped regions to capitalizing on the genre’s cultural crossover appeal.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Breaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaching. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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