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Recent Examples of breaker
Consisting of four floors of entertainment space, Goodnight Nashville is also in prep mode for the scores of visiting spring breakers sure to flock to Nashville in the coming weeks.
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Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Mexico and the Caribbean are now key locations for spring breakers.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The breaker connected with the unit had tripped, so the contractor reset it.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
In 1964, British speed record breaker Donald Campbell used Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre as a racetrack, rocketing to a then-world land record speed of 403.1 mph across the wide, unbroken expanse.
—Angus Watson, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
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Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Mexico and the Caribbean are now key locations for spring breakers.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The breaker connected with the unit had tripped, so the contractor reset it.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
In 1964, British speed record breaker Donald Campbell used Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre as a racetrack, rocketing to a then-world land record speed of 403.1 mph across the wide, unbroken expanse.
—Angus Watson, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaker
Noun
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However, there can be an increase in rough surf and rip currents along the East Coast beaches next weekend into early the following week.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Video footage shows the vessel, a passenger boat known as The Discovery, appearing to surf on a wave.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In the scope was one of the many tiny fish bones that were found that day, probably belonging to a small comber or a wrasse.—
Paul Greenberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Dec. 2022
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The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.—
Scott Harrison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Hong Kong rises in a dazzling vertical rhythm—where sleek towers pierce the sky as incense curls from temple courtyards.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Other moments in the carousel showed Sweeney's hair in varying states, from straighter bangs and looser curls, to teased with voluminous waves.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Keep this fact in mind the next time a scary Jaws scene pops into your head while wading knee-deep into the whitecaps.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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The bill sailed through the House but immediately hit whitecaps in the Senate as prominent LGBTQ+ advocacy groups raised murky legal concerns about the proposal, throwing it into limbo.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The biggest beneficiaries of the change have been Sam Vines, who can now play a bigger attacking role, and Yapi, who still slots into a central role, but can also make waves on the wing.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
17 Aug. 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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My friend Sorelle, who grew up in Chicago and still lives there, remembers playing jump rope, roller skating and, on rainy days, making puppets out of clothes pins.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Aug. 2025
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The artist added foot-long extensions that were tied and teased on top of her head, while her ends maintained the shape of the wide-barrel rollers that formed them.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
22 July 2025
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“Breaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaker. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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