breakout
Example Sentences
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Nine months later, however, Chambliss isn’t just playing—he has become college football’s most shocking breakout, pushing Ole Miss to the doorstep of its first national championship in six decades.
He had been handpicked for his breakout role on the final day of a nationwide audition - "I was literally the last person they saw," he recalled in a 2023 interview.
From BBC
In contrast, 28-year-old Tongue has been England's breakout star of the Ashes, claiming 12 wickets in his two Tests.
From BBC
Just a few seasons into his run on “Saturday Night Live,” Marcello Hernández landed on the sort of breakout character cast members spend years trying to craft.
From Salon
Carse, England's new number three, delivered his best bowling performance of the series, while Josh Tongue is the breakout star of the tour.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
