unbreachable

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Recent Examples of unbreachable 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 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. Seth Fiegerman, CNN, 29 Oct. 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
Adjective
  • Summer is usually the time of long days and longer vacations, but summer 2025 was a season where the business world’s inviolable godhead, the chief executive officer, looked less and less like a position worth exalting.
    Ian Chaffee, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The debate is shifting to how much of Russia's battlefield victories will be accepted, rather than over rights and the inviolable nature of international borders.
    Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Kerr—an absolute wall of a man, and thus a role befitting of Johnson—becamerenowned for his unassailable winning streak throughout the late ’90s and early aughts.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Or adopt my unassailable 1816 Compromise, which would require players to have rest weekends.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Jackson is likely the lone untouchable.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The right-handed hurler was untouchable, allowing zero earned runs on five hits, pitching eight innings and striking out 12 batters, both career-highs.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Resilience is the key The word ‘resilient’ used to mean impregnable and capable of withstanding all challenges.
    David Parker, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • One of the grandest occasions in golf was in 1930, when the great Bobby Jones won the British Amateur at St. Andrews and then captured the claret jug at Royal Liverpool on his way to winning the Grand Slam of that era — the impregnable quadrilateral, as it was called.
    Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • Some industry experts who have spent years tackling seemingly insurmountable problems are beginning to see real promise in using generative AI for content moderation.
    John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The first-half goal from Danish forward Mikael Uhre was enough to take the Union to a 20th win of the campaign and an insurmountable 66 points, meaning Inter Miami’s 4-1 win over the New England Revolution was in vain.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Safdie’s unabashed desire to plumb a seeming invincible figure’s decline made Kerr a wise choice for a subject, but also a somewhat bold one.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The godfather of modern West Indian fast bowling shakes his head slowly, having been reminded what happened the last time his once proud and near-invincible team played Test cricket.
    Paul Newman, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Even at his Conn Smythe Trophy-winning peak, Toews was not invulnerable.
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Master Chief, much like the Doom Slayer, dwarfed most of his foes and was nigh-on invulnerable.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • During his campaign in August 2024, Trump spoke behind a bulletproof glass enclosure in Asheboro, N. C., five weeks after an assassination attempt in Butler, Penn.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Trump appears behind bulletproof glass at memorial Garrett Haake Reporting from Glendale, Ariz. Trump was seen waving from behind bulletproof glass in the skybox above the crowd.
    NBC News, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Unbreachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbreachable. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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