broaches

Definition of broachesnext
present tense third-person singular of broach
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as in surfaces
to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below the immense whales broaching was a magnificent sight

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Recent Examples of broaches Fassaert recalls how audience members told him about the way the film broaches his grandmother’s narcissism, a notion perpetuated for many years in his family. Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026 Later in the conversation, when Anderson broaches DiCaprio’s actual age, the actor compares turning 50 to turning 35. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025 The issues that Star Trek broaches allegorically and Sex and the City explores through satire were real, and painful enough to keep Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus on the bestseller list. Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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Verb
  • As my son indignantly showed me, Prodigy surfaces multiple-choice questions in between cartoon-monster attacks.
    Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • The system also surfaces items a customer usually orders but forgot to mention — reducing the leakage that happens when a store’s shelf label goes missing or a product gets moved.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • School districts could then decide on their own whether to offer teachers raises and, if so, how big the pay hikes should be.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2026
  • These moves—when combined with other capital raises involving additional share issuances—have impacted the company’s stock price.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Meaning emerges through ritual, drift, and return to form a meditation on the fragility of existence.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2026
  • This affects her professional life, but a bigger worry emerges from the shadows.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • The film introduces German actor Naomi Cosma in a breakout performance, alongside a cast of young American non-pros Rivilis discovered locally in New Mexico.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • In the second slide, Kelce introduces the shop (and its 87-year-old owner) in a video.
    Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Mayor Karen Bass discusses her policies and how to improve them at the two-day forum.
    Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • This entry discusses talk radio in the United States and elsewhere, the growth of talk radio beginning in the late 1980s, and talk radio topics and formats.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 May 2026

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