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Recent Examples of breaker
Wheel of Fortune has a new grand champion — and a record breaker at that.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Nix threw an in-breaker to Courtland Sutton for 8 yards with 17 seconds left in the first half that got Denver down to the Cincinnati 20-yard line, but Sutton was tackled in-bounds, and the Broncos didn’t have any timeouts left.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
And then Shooter was the tiebreaker — not the tie-breaker, maybe, but the voice of reason that somehow got in there.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
And this book delivers on that in the story of Emmy and Talia, two witches working to get revenge on town heart breaker Gareth.
—Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Nix threw an in-breaker to Courtland Sutton for 8 yards with 17 seconds left in the first half that got Denver down to the Cincinnati 20-yard line, but Sutton was tackled in-bounds, and the Broncos didn’t have any timeouts left.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
And then Shooter was the tiebreaker — not the tie-breaker, maybe, but the voice of reason that somehow got in there.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
And this book delivers on that in the story of Emmy and Talia, two witches working to get revenge on town heart breaker Gareth.
—Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaker
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Zarautz Known for having one of the best beaches in Spain, Zarautz is a surf town with waterfront restaurants and a thriving old town.—
Michelle Arellano Martin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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Urban Surf 4 Kids serves children who are homeless or in foster care with resources ranging from mentoring and life-skills development to surf therapy.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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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
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Add English peas, flat-leaf parsley, and curls of lemon zest for extra character.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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MacLachlan has the visage of a much younger man, and Davis’s signature shiny brown curls are serving.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
4 Nov. 2025
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Sportier types flock to the coastal city to carve into Monterey Bay’s endlessly rolling whitecaps.—
Kate Dingwall,
Vogue,
28 Sep. 2025
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The island is so close to shore and the water in the bay, which the breeze had rucked into a frenzy of small whitecaps, didn’t seem to be giving the smaller fishing boats any trouble.—
Emma Sloley
August 14,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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This wave of joy was seen online, where some claimed his victory as India’s own.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Yet today, rising geopolitical instability and a wave of economic nationalism threaten to disrupt the free flows of energy the system relies on — all at a moment when cheaper, cleaner alternatives are available.—
John Kerry,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The robot vacuum has 8,000Pa suction and a multidirectional floating roller brush with rubber and bristles, which does an excellent job of removing dust and debris from carpets.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
3 Nov. 2025
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Swain agreed and boarded the red-eye to Heathrow toting a bulging roller suitcase packed full of financials.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Breaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaker. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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