break open
Example Sentences
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When the lypABC genes were removed, cells could no longer break open to release GTA particles.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
The novel partnership between students and police to break open a decades-old murder case, with a love triangle at its center, was irresistible fodder for the media’s true-crime boom.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
“The world itself is loud and overwhelming,” Kittelmann said, noting that meaning emerges when familiar connections break open, allowing attention to shift to the gaps between.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
Indiana’s defensive line was remarkable, constantly harassing Buckeye quarterback Julian Sayin, limiting his ability to break open the field with all that NFL-ready talent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
How at work one morning, standing on the pig line, 1 felt something break open in my chest.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
