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breakup

[brayk-uhp] / ˈbreɪkˌʌp /


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"Right now, our computer model only considers breakup of rocks on the surface. We can't predict breakup of the entire asteroid body accurately yet," Moore said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

The company’s current CEO, David Joyner, announced the breakup with the same cocksure swagger his predecessor had employed in promoting his big idea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Beyond the boilerplate, Joyner struggled to rationalize the breakup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The breakup is a stunning reversal of a strategy that the company originally said would reduce healthcare costs and improve care by uniting insurance with its legacy retail pharmacy business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Then Nicole told me about her parents’ nasty breakup.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Hedge-fund billionaire John Overdeck is going through two acrimonious breakups at once.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Anhor The Great had so many pass breakups that counting would’ve been a fool’s errand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

When people go through stuff like that — through breakups, whatever it is — no matter what it is, I’m probably still gonna take you back at the end of the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

He recounts how he used his Arsenal fandom to find acceptance at school, to escape from his parents’ divorce and to numb the pain of breakups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

With me as the worried mother figure who consoled him over bad breakups, and him as the sensitive kid who listened and supported me through my meltdowns.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi


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