breakage
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Part of elephants' whisker evolution is to prevent breakage, said Schulz.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
The increase was driven by new restaurant openings and higher gift card breakage revenue, Chipotle said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Historically, cables in Taiwan, Vietnam and Egypt have all been vulnerable to breakage and sabotage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
It was just like a bro-code breakage, and I said, "That's it. I'm done with the guy."
From Salon ● May 18, 2024
Their relationship is again strained to the point of breakage.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
Many of the trees are considered past maturity, meaning branch breakages are common.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
In the past, Twitter prevented breakages from escalating by having people around to diagnose and solve problems immediately.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Dozens of breakages each year to submarine communication cables, often caused by fishing vessels and anchors, testify to their fragility.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
Cohen said he was conscious of the “gaps and breakages everywhere” - between his generation’s views of Israel and its parents’, and between American and Israeli Jews.
From Washington Times ● May 10, 2022
There were several breakages because I was brandishing the sword so clumsily.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
