breaker
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Lilly says she still uses the story as an "ice breaker" in her work.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
In his essay, Mr. Santana compares John Coltrane to another barrier breaker, Jackie Robinson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
South Korea's tech-heavy Kospi has been halted multiple times this year under a stock market mechanism known as a circuit breaker, which is designed to calm panic selling.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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
He even offered to draw chest and leg hairs on the Wild Boy of Bainbridge Island, but the whole permanent-ink thing was a deal breaker as far as I was concerned.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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Earth Science - Middle School
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