breaker

Example Sentences

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“He would hurl himself straight as an arrow right into the great roaring grey wall of an oncoming breaker and go clean through it as if it had neither weight nor momentum.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

If return-to-office mandates are a deal breaker, Choudhury said you don’t have to be limited to domestic employers in your job hunt.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

Both Wales and Northern Ireland put in place versions of a circuit breaker lockdown, while in Scotland stricter rules are imposed in the central belt.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

But Fritz powered through the breaker, sealing a one-set lead after 70 minutes with his sixth ace.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

We’ll send you instructions on how to step down the voltage and put a new breaker in the line, but I'm sure you already know how.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir