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Recent Examples of unbreachable
Rather than hold management accountable, shareholders typically run into an unbreachable wall of opposition from founders like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Snap’s Evan Spiegel, and Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who control a majority of voting shares at their respective companies.
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Seth Fiegerman, CNN, 29 Oct. 2022
Dump trucks with tires twice my height rolled past us, ferrying dirt like so many ants, building what Bardini and his fellow-engineers hope will be unbreachable barriers.
—James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2023
Best to arrive at her fort defenseless to have half a chance at challenging her own almost unbreachable defense system.
—Bono, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2022
There are times when the gap between Catra and Adora felt unbreachable, and then there's the horrible robotic hivemind stuff in the final season.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2022
At the start of Europe’s migration crisis in 2015, the English Channel was regarded as an unbreachable barrier, its shifting currents and volatile weather making any attempt to cross too dangerous.
—New York Times, 25 Nov. 2021
This reduces what were once formerly unbreachable barriers to entry to many industries.
—Bill Fischer, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
The act of crossing over the supposedly unbreachable rivers of race is meant to be shameful.
—Nylah Burton, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2021
Another, an election-security expert named Harri Hursti, tracks down supposedly unbreachable voting machines to tinker with their vulnerabilities.
—Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
Seth Fiegerman, CNN, 29 Oct. 2022
Dump trucks with tires twice my height rolled past us, ferrying dirt like so many ants, building what Bardini and his fellow-engineers hope will be unbreachable barriers.
—James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2023
Best to arrive at her fort defenseless to have half a chance at challenging her own almost unbreachable defense system.
—Bono, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2022
There are times when the gap between Catra and Adora felt unbreachable, and then there's the horrible robotic hivemind stuff in the final season.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2022
At the start of Europe’s migration crisis in 2015, the English Channel was regarded as an unbreachable barrier, its shifting currents and volatile weather making any attempt to cross too dangerous.
—New York Times, 25 Nov. 2021
This reduces what were once formerly unbreachable barriers to entry to many industries.
—Bill Fischer, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
The act of crossing over the supposedly unbreachable rivers of race is meant to be shameful.
—Nylah Burton, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2021
Another, an election-security expert named Harri Hursti, tracks down supposedly unbreachable voting machines to tinker with their vulnerabilities.
—Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbreachable
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France and Germany have responded with a seriousness typically reserved for Russia and China, emphasizing the importance of maintaining Europe’s borders as inviolable.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Jan. 2025
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Although today’s order appears to be stronger and more resilient than its 1930s counterpart, in recent years, norms that were long considered inviolable have been flouted.—
Margaret MacMillan,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Pera’s win gave Lindsay Davenport’s inexperienced side an unassailable 2-0 lead in the weekend’s final Group C tie and booked them a place at September’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Shenzhen.—
Manasi Pathak,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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As always, this list is purely scientific and unassailable.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The star shortstop prospect should be as untouchable as a prospect gets this season.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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Much easier, surely, to turn away from familiarity (the untouchable clichés), as many artists have fruitfully done, but much harder to make the familiar so new it feels discovered.—
Ocean Vuong,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Superstar Harmanpreet Kaur's unbelievable 171 not out that destroyed an impregnable Australia in a remarkable semi-final upset was seen as a turning point.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
15 Oct. 2024
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But their defenses are not impregnable.—
David Zipper,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
Adjective
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The difference between the two can feel insurmountable.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
25 Apr. 2025
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However, the technological tools available to companies at this tier have significantly improved, empowering them to overcome obstacles that once seemed insurmountable.—
Shiv Kaushik,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Angel City had Orlando on the ropes for a while, making last year’s seemingly invincible team look all too human.—
Emily Olsen,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Molly seduced me into knowing that real power lives in openness — in being available, not invincible.—
Nina E. Cerfolio,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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An e-mail publication was invulnerable to the caprices of social-media platforms and their algorithms.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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No authentication mechanism is invulnerable to exploitations.—
Ranjitkumar Sivakumar,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The feds alleged that the pair procured over $1 million worth of luxury items — including a bulletproof Escalade, a giant TV, and expensive watches — without ever paying for them.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2025
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Gmail versus the rest Statista But Gmail (and other) security restrictions are not bulletproof — far from it.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Unbreachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbreachable. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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