breach
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“There must have been a hole somewhere,” reckoned Joe McManus, the tow operator, of the tarp breach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Wagoner hated the idea and eventually sued Parton for breach of contract; she wrote “I Will Always Love You” to try to get the older country star to see where she was coming from.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The judges and members of Khan's political party, Tehreek-e-Insaf, issued warnings to supporters not to gather outside the hospital - that would be a breach of the court order.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The U.S. national debt is expected to soon breach $40 trillion for the first time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Well, considering. We've refortified the breach in the outer wall and the patrols are back on the job. Did your girl fill you in on the details of our engagement last night?”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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The other is a powerful exposé on the safety breaches that have caused deadly crashes and accidents on Boeing airplanes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Everyone in the Premier League wants clarity and a speedy resolution in the case against Manchester City which features more than 100 alleged breaches of its financial rules, says Arsenal chief executive Richard Garlick.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
If any breaches of the Editor's Code of Practice were found it would take "appropriate steps", it added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
On a practical level, he added, the data sharing increased the risk of breaches that can open law-abiding citizens up to identity theft.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Old fishermen with time on their hands built bonfires out of driftwood and warmed themselves while the sea made breaches in the hulls of ships that had come hard aground.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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The government's independent adviser on the ministerial code, Irish barrister James Hamilton KC, carried out an investigation and concluded in 2021 that Sturgeon had not breached the code.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Hugging Face gained attention earlier this summer when OpenAI models breached controls and were able to compromise the company’s systems.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Nepal's Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal said an earthquake likely triggered a landslide that in turn blocked a river, sending water gushing downstream after it eventually breached the obstruction.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The conglomerate alleged Panama breached an investment treaty through measures that resulted in the country taking over two Panama Canal terminals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
If the levees were breached, he knew the battle would be lost.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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Prison staff told the BBC the high level of offenders being recalled to prison for breaching license conditions given on their release or re-offending has cancelled out much of the extra room.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Some routinely put on a show: NYC0318, a whale also seen by AFP on a recent outing, often charms whale watchers with sensational lunge-feeds, breaching the water and prompting shrieks of delight.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The shark made a few circles, its fins at times breaching the water’s surface as stunned fishermen looked on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
He is already in prison having been jailed on Thursday after admitting breaching a restraining order that banned him from posting online about his ex-partner Georgia Harrison.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Then she spotted a few rays from the setting sun breaching the billows, and she oriented herself.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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