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Recent Examples of breaker
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.
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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
The first set was close as can be, with the two teams staying on serve all the way into a tie-breaker that Team World eventually won.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
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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
The first set was close as can be, with the two teams staying on serve all the way into a tie-breaker that Team World eventually won.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaker
Noun
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Location Fasano Rio de Janeiro is set right on Avenida Vieira Souto, the street that runs along Ipanema Beach, and is a short walk from Arpoador, the small peninsula where Ipanema meets Copacabana, known for its surf scene and prime sunset views.—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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Zahalka, who was also heading out now, helped pull another man who had gotten onto Mauga’s board through the surf to the sand and then joined his friends in the water.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 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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For her glam, the media mogul wore long, cascading curls that fell past her shoulders.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Her signature brunette curls cascade over a cozy gray hoodie as morning light peeks through the window.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
22 Oct. 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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Another wave of migration occurred around 2500 BCE.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Terahertz waves are hard to tame.—
Meghie Rodrigues,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Roomba's double-sided brush mounts gradually build up a tangle at either end, eventually requiring you to pull the ends off the roller and dig all the hair out.—
Loz Blain
October 14,
New Atlas,
14 Oct. 2025
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And then a few Tech fans come along this weekend with their old, crusty roller brush and slung it all over the place, Jackson Pollock-style, only this isn’t a work of art.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Breaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaker. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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