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breaker

[bray-ker] / ˈbreɪ kər /
NOUN
large wave
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He praised her "breadth of knowledge and passion" and called her "the ultimate breaker of the glass ceiling", adding: "She will be greatly missed and my sincere thoughts are with her family."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The meltdown spilled over into the stock market, with the benchmark Borsa Istanbul 100 tumbling 5.5% on Wednesday and triggering a circuit breaker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Both players failed to take break-point opportunities before a match-deciding breaker swung back and forth.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

On Wednesday, regulators were obliged to enforce the circuit breaker, suspending all trading temporarily, for the second consecutive day and the tenth time this year.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Ready to prove himself as a code breaker, William was also quizzed about subjects he hadn’t studied since high school.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield


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