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Recent Examples of break-in
Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
The movie only shows that second break-in, but isn’t in the same McDonald’s location that was there when Manchester was in the area.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Cepee Tabibian, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The soft insoles molded to my feet like slippers, and the nubuck leather was perfect out of the box without a long and painful break-in period.
—Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
The movie only shows that second break-in, but isn’t in the same McDonald’s location that was there when Manchester was in the area.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
Many locals already have tight circles, and breaking in takes patience and persistence.
—Cepee Tabibian, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for break-in
Verb
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On October 7, 2023, as a terrorist army invaded Israel intending to commit genocide against the Jewish people, many world leaders rightly condemned Hamas’ murder, rape, and slaughter of Israelis and foreign nationals.—
Ofir Akunis,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists – two of them American and one Japanese – for unraveling how the immune system protects us from thousands of different microbes trying to invade our bodies.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Medicare will not be interrupted by the shutdown because it’s classified as a mandatory government service.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Will mail, flights get interrupted?—
David Ulloa Jr,
AZCentral.com,
2 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,
7 Oct. 2025
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Schubert was booked into Thurston County Jail and faces multiple felony charges, including first-degree arson, first-degree burglary and first-degree malicious mischief.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Three years before the famed film was released, Wojtowicz and a friend held up a Brooklyn bank in a 14-hour hostage ordeal, allegedly robbing the bank to help pay for his transgender partner’s gender-affirming surgery.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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We’ve been truly robbed of many things throughout the 2020s.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But government growth is expected to stall, as budget problems could lead to cuts in the workforce.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The extension of the expiring Obamacare tax credits have been a focus for Democrats, along with rolling back Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
5 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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The mugging of his early selfies has vanished.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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This lawyer-mugging could go without any response today.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Break-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/break-in. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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