breaking out
Example Sentences
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In my mid-20s, I began breaking out in hives spontaneously.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Piper Sandler’s Johnson said investors appear to be rotating into other areas of the market, including the transport sector, where the IYT is breaking out from a four-month “cup with handle” pattern to new highs.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
It has a history of breaking out from well-formed bases.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
But the phantom inferno keeps breaking out, she said, and recently a long, funnel-shaped reflection in her window prompted another false warning: “Tornado sighted.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Birdsong was breaking out all round and the rooks were calling from high in the elms, but nothing—not even a sparrow—moved on the ground.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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