breaking point

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Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz warned Wednesday that the country was at a "breaking point" after nearly a month of protests that have caused shortages of food, fuel and life-saving medicine.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The town of 30,000 reached a breaking point.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

"We're significantly concerned that these incidents are going to push the service past breaking point," he said, calling for more investment.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

"When the nanopillars are closer together, more of them can press on the same virus at once, stretching its outer shell past breaking point."

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

And yet everything radiates tension, as if the city has been built upon the skin of a balloon and someone is inflating it toward the breaking point.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr