break-in
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Hugging Face discovered the break-in early last week, saying there had been unauthorized access to internal data sets and company credentials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Martin died last October in a hospital following his arrest by Oakland police officers responding to reports of a break-in at a residence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The break-in happened before that, and the activists were charged in relation to damage to property.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
David Solomon, a 46-year-old who works in real estate, said he became invested in the mayoral race after break-in attempts at his home in Santa Monica Canyon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Not just about Watergate, but about other jobs that could be traced back to the White House—most dangerously, the Ellsberg break-in.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Burglars tried to break in to the Barcelona home of Spain star Lamine Yamal on Wednesday, shortly after he helped La Roja reach their second World Cup final, police and media said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Against Zizou Bergs in the third round, he faced a 4-1 deficit with a double break in the fourth set, and again fell behind 4-1 in the fifth, before somehow surviving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
“I’m telling clients this is the best summer-camp tax break in years, and most of them don’t know it exists yet,” said Jeff Judge, managing partner at Chesapeake Financial Planners in Forest Hill, Md.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Lukaku, meanwhile, was not just the gamechanger but also the peacemaker as team-mates Tielemans and Trossard argued with each other during the hydration break in the second half.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
After he’d agreed to follow the old woman, she’d led him to a break in the trees where, to his surprise, he’d found a campsite bustling with people.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
In Madrid, Karim Benzema, Rodrygo and Dani Carvajal are among the football stars to have suffered break-ins at their homes in recent years.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Sacher, operations manager at the popular sports bar Barney’s Beanery, which he said suffered four or five overnight break-ins in 2020 and 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
An epidemic of car break-ins led owners to post “No Radio” signs in their windows, and auto alarms blared indignantly at all hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
At the time, community leaders had asked Bass to increase security in the area following the deadly home invasion and a string of other break-ins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
The news was slow: a woman had had septuplets; bears, the New York Times reported with a straight face, were the main cause of car break-ins at Yosemite.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
