breaks

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Hundreds of teleoperators will learn where the system succeeds, where it breaks and step in when needed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

It keeps plugging away without taking breaks to eat, sleep, answer emails, pick the kids up from school and watch the Knicks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“As one bubble blows off and breaks, the next picks up the baton,” warns O’Rourke.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Then she mounts a free show in Central Park, something he can’t buy out from under her, that breaks attendance records.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

And she breaks into tears and can say nothing else, while both her parents hug her.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar