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breach

[breech] / britʃ /




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A breach of a private contract is a traditional common law claim.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

It said the review found that in Channel 4 and production company CPL's handling of the issues raised at the time, there was no breach of Ofcom’s broadcasting code.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Equipple had informed schools immediately of the breach and said that an investigation, supported by specialists, was continuing.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

An EU court adviser said AI chatbots could breach copyright laws when they reuse news articles to generate answers under certain circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Down through the breach of the Dike charged the king’s company.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

"These breaches are deeply distressing and entirely preventable," the authors said.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Losses will be covered by the Secure Asset Fund for Users, a reserve fund of around $1 billion used in cases of extreme breaches, and the company’s funds.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Where we’re seeing any breaches or failures, it’s on commercial or private residential property. Everyone has to do their part.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

It was also uncertain that existing laws on undersea infrastructure, dating from the Victorian period and designed for telegraphic cables, could be used for breaches of modern fibre-optic cables, the document added.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Colonel’s voice breaches my storm of thoughts.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Of the eight items found to have breached cadmium limits: three were purchased from Amazon, three from Temu and one from each of OnBuy and Etsy.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Mereness, who owns the Slip with partners Randall LaFaye and Carlos Raygoza, said the ocean has breached the Redondo Beach seawall every day since Monday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

A West Midlands Police misconduct hearing acknowledged PC Shannon Parsons felt "isolated and disconnected" due to working part-time and returning from maternity leave, but had breached standards of professional behaviour.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said the company has not breached the law and that temporary layoffs are needed due to tariff pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

They assumed that the torus had ruptured—meaning that the containment vessel for the reactor had been breached.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Tech companies could risk breaching EU copyright when their AI chatbots reuse news articles to generate answers, a top advisor to the bloc’s highest court said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

“The government is seeking to boost investment while not breaching fiscal rules,” Morgan Stanley’s Bruna Skarica says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Baker later pleaded guilty to breaching Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work etc.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

On a day of defiance in east Manchester, City's fans made their feelings crystal clear in their first top-flight home game since being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial rules.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

In his own way, he began moving around the fire, jumping up and to the side to imitate a whale breaching.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen


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