break up

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Over-the-top doesn’t begin to describe Alice’s feelings of betrayal or her escalating attempts to break up the couple and punish Steve for his betrayal, which is precisely what drew Walker to the project.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The three operators behind it -- Bouygues Telecom, Free and Orange -- plan to break up SFR and divide its assets between them.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Washington has a foreign-policy lever that costs almost nothing, earns interest and might have helped break up the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Airbus bought the factory in 2025, as part of a wider deal which led to the break up of Spirit Aerosystems.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

I shook the water bottle to break up the ice on top and gulped it down.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart