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breakage

[bray-kij] / ˈbreɪ kɪdʒ /


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The automaker has commissioned multiple studies to analyze sunroof breakage, it said, but hasn’t found an inherent defect as a cause, only issues related to foreign objects impacting the glass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

He also asserted "that he had no intention of fleeing and that there was no breakage of the bracelet's strap."

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

Historically, cables in Taiwan, Vietnam and Egypt have all been vulnerable to breakage and sabotage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

Now, a new discovery by researchers at Tohoku University has offered insights into how glass resists breakage, potentially paving the way for highly durable, break-resistant materials.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024

Jon smashes things, and glues the shards into place in the pattern of breakage.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

“It looks amazing. No flooding, no breakages of buildings,” Hewitt told Nine Network television.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

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

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




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