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Recent Examples of break-in
Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
News of the break-in, which happened June 27, 2024, made its way to the Khalidi family, the chief caretakers of the library stretching back to the Ottoman period.
—Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Though neither Levinson nor HBO have indicated that Euphoria season 3 will see a break in episode format.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Two men -- Donald Robinson, 28, and Jadon Brown, 19 -- were arrested after being identified within 24 hours of the break-in, according to the sheriff’s office.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
News of the break-in, which happened June 27, 2024, made its way to the Khalidi family, the chief caretakers of the library stretching back to the Ottoman period.
—Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
Iza had previously sent his security detail to Zelocchi’s house and tried to break in; Zelocchi had fired several rounds before police arrived.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Though neither Levinson nor HBO have indicated that Euphoria season 3 will see a break in episode format.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for break-in
Verb
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The French fright fest features a very pregnant widow (Alysson Paradis) who sees her home invaded on Christmas Eve by a mysterious woman in black (Beatrice Dalle) dead set on cutting her baby out with some scissors.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Licensing officials also investigated educators accused of grooming behaviors like flirting with children, spending non-school time alone and isolated with students, or invading students’ personal space by rubbing their shoulders, thighs and lower backs.—
Danielle DuClos,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Matilda had asked, politely interrupting the beginning of what promised to be a windy narrative about the two sorry sons.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Scherzer interrupted Schneider one more time after the game was over, barging into the interview room while the manager was conducting his post-game news conference.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The jury also found Serafini guilty of first-degree burglary for the break-in at the couple’s West Lake Boulevard home.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Robberies and burglaries have gone down about 23% and 28%, respectively.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Louvre was robbed The museum is closed while police investigate.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Directed by Sara Talab, this evocative period drama unfolds in 1960s Jeddah, where a young musician’s life is upended when illness robs him of his hearing.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The requests come at a fiscally unstable time for the district, which has had to make tens of millions of dollars worth of cuts in recent years to maintain local control.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the holdup is the fact that, according to NBA insider Jake Fischer, Golden State does not want Malik Monk in return.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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With training camp underway and the regular season opener coming up in less than a month, Kaprizov’s words Thursday might provide fans with hope that holdup is about economics and not environment.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Staged to look like a random mugging of a courier, the robbery was, in fact, a sophisticated heist that would ultimately involve the Provisional IRA, the New York mafia and the Colombian cartel.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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The mugging of his early selfies has vanished.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Break-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/break-in. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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