break
- fissure, opening n.
- interruption of activity n.
- change from friendly to unfriendly relationship n.
- lucky happening n.
- destroy; make whole into pieces v.
- violate law v.
- weaken, cause instability v.
- stop an action v.
- tell news v.
- better a performance v.
- emerge, happen v.
- run away v.
- weaken something's effect v.
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"It's all a bit unwritten because we've never had an AI agent break out of its sandbox and hack other people on the internet before," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
While Altman visited St. Barts in the Caribbean during the December holiday break, coders in San Francisco spent hours on “Claude-benders,” marveling at capabilities enabled by a new Anthropic model called Opus 4.5.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Yebra has spearheaded an innovative project, bringing together millennia-old knowledge in Australia's Indigenous communities with cutting-edge satellite imagery to help detect where fires are most likely to break out.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Gasification normally relies on intense heat to break materials apart and convert them into gases, making it highly energy intensive.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Some days, you just can’t catch a break.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But neither Nanos nor Patel have announced further breaks in the case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
It breaks down the data, revealing that it would mean a "£500 rise in average bill by 2030".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Other lawsuits allege that employees were not given proper rest breaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
"It really breaks my heart to see so many people suffering, and who knows how many have actually drowned along the way," one young man, a local resident, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
During my breaks, I work on the doll.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
When rain falls on parking lots, water runs off carrying metal dust and chemicals from vehicle tires and brake pads, oil and grease from engines and bacteria from trash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
This process acted as a natural brake on warming for millions of years and helped move Earth toward its present cooler climate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
It can be a guardrail, not a brake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Just a few days earlier, U.S. regulators proposed nixing rules requiring manual brake pedals in autonomous vehicles.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
His mother had to intervene to put a brake on his stream of orders.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
A new fire broke out late Saturday on the Ionian Sea island of Cephalonia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
A report in the New York Post, which broke the story of the Fifa plan withdrawal, quoted an unnamed source saying the situation had become a "brand nightmare" for Kushner.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
He’s caught large fish before, Prieto said, but on Sunday Fuentes managed to reel in a 30-pound catfish that “literally broke the scale.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The fire broke out Friday near the neighbouring coastal village of Agios Vasileios.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Dad had trained him to run coons, but he couldn’t be broke from running rabbits instead, and couldn’t grasp the difference.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
After sunrise, villagers in Qusra, near the city of Nablus, walked through the scorched remains of the Al-Rahma mosque, broken tiles littering the ground, videos showed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
"But when these promises are broken, it creates more fear," she told BBC Newsbeat.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Online prediction markets have rapidly broken into the mainstream in the United States, positioning themselves as an alternative to both traditional polling and licensed sports betting.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
That turned out to be one of many broken promises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Anvo Noorvik said, "I got Doc Evans. He's over in Grassy Creek working on broken legs. He'll be here in six hours or less, depending on the weather."
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Soccer, and Kevin Lamour, FIFA’s chief operating officer, publicly breaking with their boss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Plasticity refers to a material's ability to permanently change shape without cracking or breaking.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
However, officials are warning of a high risk of fires breaking out or re-emerging across most of the country until at least Sunday.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
There, she covered breaking business and economics news, regularly landing front-page bylines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Above us, Dad fought to keep the horses from breaking out and bolting.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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