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breakup

[breyk-uhp] / ˈbreɪkˌʌp /


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In 2011, after his breakup with Ms. Lange, he wrote: “My myriad girlfriends are all somehow disappointing. My only solace seems to be writing.”

From The Wall Street Journal

This feature may share the same origin as the NAA and could be its geological counterpart, having formed on the opposite side of the Labrador Sea during the breakup.

From Science Daily

Beating back the government’s breakup efforts unlocked a lot of value.

From The Wall Street Journal

Citing murky laws and growing case law, online service HelloPrenup last year added optional clauses to its forms to help couples spell out what happens to embryos in a breakup.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to Jesso, he wouldn’t have had it not been for a breakup that left him “the most depressed I’ve ever been in my life, by far.”

From Los Angeles Times