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breakage

[bray-kij] / ˈbreɪ kɪdʒ /


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In 2013, the agency opened a probe into Kia Sorento SUVs in response to numerous reports from drivers of unexpected sunroof breakage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Part of elephants' whisker evolution is to prevent breakage, said Schulz.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Many bones showed fresh fractures caused by blunt impacts soon after the elephant's death, indicating deliberate breakage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025

Historically, cables in Taiwan, Vietnam and Egypt have all been vulnerable to breakage and sabotage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

After that, night after night, we watched our sphere, ready to use the string at the first signs of breakage.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin

“It looks amazing. No flooding, no breakages of buildings,” Hewitt told Nine Network television.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

Many of the trees are considered past maturity, meaning branch breakages are common.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023

In the past, Twitter prevented breakages from escalating by having people around to diagnose and solve problems immediately.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Cohen said he was conscious of the “gaps and breakages everywhere” - between his generation’s views of Israel and its parents’, and between American and Israeli Jews.

From Washington Times ● May 10, 2022

There were several breakages because I was brandishing the sword so clumsily.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke


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