breach
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Parents have been told to be alert for unexpected emails or phone calls after a Northern Ireland school app used by almost 50,000 people was affected by a data breach.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Equipple had informed schools immediately of the breach and said that an investigation, supported by specialists, was continuing.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Elevance’s lawsuit alleged the Perfect Child’s conduct amounted to fraud, breach of contract, conspiracy and other claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The leak was a "serious matter that must not be taken lightly", Presidential Chief of Staff Lim Kwang-hyun told an emergency meeting on the breach, according to Lee's office.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
I move closer to her and whisper, “Someone has to be here for Lily, especially if Jackson sees this breach as an opportunity to come looking for her. The girl’s right next door. Please.”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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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
However, no breaches of the truce that began early on Tuesday have so far been reported.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 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
More recently, there have been reports of security breaches in which sensitive data was made accessible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
But if the trailer breaches, I'll be fine.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Kaur, who is appealing against her sentence, would serve the rest of it in the community on licence, and could be recalled to prison if she breached her licence conditions.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
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
Cliffs Chief Executive Lourenco Goncalves said the company hasn’t breached the law and that a temporary reduction in headcount is needed as it refocuses its operations to counter the pressure on the industry from tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
She told him about how the barrier between the worlds had been breached by Lord Asriel, and about some of the consequences—the melting of the ice, for example.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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“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
The pre-match dissatisfaction towards top-flight chiefs can likely be traced back to February 2023, when the 115 charges for breaching the rules were first announced.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The jeers from Manchester City fans were turned up a notch against Ipswich last Saturday when the side played their first home game since being found guilty of breaching the Premier League's financial rules.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Siegel separately brought a new arbitration claim against Overdeck accusing him of breaching his fiduciary duty and having “undisclosed professional and financial conflicts of interest,” the investor letter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
More than this I cannot say without fear of breaching the Official Magical Secrets Act or, more importantly, the confidences that Dumbledore, most private of men, placed in me.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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