breakaway

Example Sentences

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Rory McIlroy says bringing back LIV Golf defectors would be "good business" for the PGA Tour amid doubts over the future of the breakaway series.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Colombia's Environment Minister Irene Velez Torres has been prominent as host of this breakaway climate conference, which has drawn nations wanting to accelerate the fossil fuel phaseout despite the stalemate in the UN-led "COP" summits.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

The first came when Byfield charged Wedgewood on a breakaway, only to have the goalie stop his wrister from in close.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The game plan worked well enough in Game 1, where a mishandled puck led to Logan O’Connor’s breakaway goal early in the third period, a score that proved to be the difference.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Yet the PAC aroused in me the hope that even though the founders were breakaway ANC men, unity between our two groups was possible.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela