breakers
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Overnight, South Korea’s Kospi index, dominated by two of the world’s biggest chip makers, tumbled the most in more than three months, with circuit breakers halting trading late in the session.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
"It's like building an expressway and adding speed breakers every few kilometres," says Bansal.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
“There’s a lot of benefit to having circuit breakers, just like in traditional finance.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
When the extension cords running to the back popped the circuit breakers, repeatedly, he tried to curtail electricity usage in the camp.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
Like many other amateur code breakers, he challenged her to break some messages in a new system that he himself had devised.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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