breach
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Wrexham Council has served a temporary stop notice due to "a breach of planning control and the change of use of the land to a gypsy and traveller site with associated engineering operations".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
OpenAI paused some model development for two weeks this summer after two models it was testing were involved in a security breach at AI platform Hugging Face.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Sarkissian has filed a counterclaim against Global Ascension, Macciello and others connected to the film production company, also accusing them of fraud and breach of contract.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Three days after Nutex disclosed the incident on Aug. 24, a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against the company, alleging negligence related to the breach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
There was neither star nor moon when the Riders came to the breach in the Dike, where the stream from above passed out, and the road beside it ran down from the Hornburg.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Defending Fitzhugh, Elizabeth Power said she had a "lack of awareness" about the "severity of the breaches that she made".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
But an expert report prepared for the Silivri prosecutor's office, a copy of which was seen by AFP, indicated there had been multiple breaches of safety procedures aboard the tanker.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Security misconfigurations, such as the one the Justice Department highlighted in Capital One Financial’s 2019 massive data theft, remain one of the top causes of data breaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
The Colonel’s voice breaches my storm of thoughts.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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It entered the headlines in July, when some 700 autonomous agents built by OpenAI breached the platform after escaping an isolated test environment.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
There have been reports that Deakin died shortly after learning that he had been sacked after it was found he had breached patient confidentiality in text message exchanges with Letby.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 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
But the Fjerdans used them for a different purpose—to make sure no Grisha breached their walls without being identified.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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Blackwell was back in court in October 2025 after being fined for breaching her community service order.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Last month, Chelsea were fined £10m and given a suspended ban from registering new players for two transfer windows for breaching rules relating to payments to agents between 2009 and 2022.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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
More than this I cannot say without fear of breaching the Official Magical Secrets Act or, more importantly, the confidences that Dumbledore, most private of men, placed in me.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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