break
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Appeared in the May 30, 2026, print edition as 'Ships Go ‘Dark’ to Break Blockade'.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
As a first-generation Mexican American with roots in Jalisco, Mexico, she is thrilled to join The Times’ Fast Break desk starting today, as she pursues a career in television and print journalism.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
“Big Market Break Is Laid to ‘Wolf,’ ” the Atlanta Constitution wrote on Oct.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
By 31 he had written “Ulysses,” “Morte d’Arthur,” “Break, Break, Break” and the visionary “Locksley Hall,” which Mr. Holmes rightly places in the science-fiction tradition of Jules Verne and H.G.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
"Don't you quantify us? Break us into parts? Tabulate what features are more beautiful than others?"
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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