as in left
to end a usually intimate relationship with
sincerely wants to break off with him without hurting his feelings
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The wind was so strong that the smallest among us were almost blown off our feet.—
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But especially especially Bea, who got dumped from the island.—
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13 June 2026
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In order to standardize their modeling, over the last couple of decades climate scientists developed a suite of projections for how much CO2 would get dumped into the atmosphere via fossil fuel use.—
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“Broken off (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broken%20off%20%28with%29. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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