breakout

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Achilles recently implemented the 5-by-8 cut for one of this year’s breakout hits, “Lost Lambs” by Madeline Cash.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

The breakout star of the celebrity summer-movie circuit is a wrinkly green puppet.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Per Matt Roush: “The limb I’m happy to go out on: championing Ashley Padilla for her breakout year on ‘Saturday Night Live.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

This week, it successfully retested the May breakout level, producing a bullish hammer Tuesday.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

After hearing Liam with Zu, I knew that he felt an intense guilt over what had happened the night of their breakout, but it sounded like it might run even deeper than that.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken