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breach

[breech] / britʃ /




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“I was told that there was a breach of trust because I interacted with a third party through unsanctioned channels,” said Tomek Korbak, one of the fired researchers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

A data breach could affect customers in the future if their personal information is used in so-called "phishing" attacks, where someone is tricked into revealing their password to an online service.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Pippa Boardman, from Lostwithiel in Cornwall, said she had lost her dignity and privacy through the data breach at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Whether it will arouse the consciences of enough to truly step up and stop this breach of trust is unknown.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Now and again, in the intervals between songs, the whales have been seen to breach, leaping clear out of the sea and landing on their backs, awash in the turbulence of their beating flippers.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Security breaches are a real problem, but they aren’t rogue AIs conspiring to do harm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The barrels and breaches will be made for both 120m and 155mm weapon systems, including for the RCH 155 and future artillery platforms, according to Rheinmetall.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

TOKYO—Hackers used an artificial-intelligence tool made by a Chinese engineer to target companies in Japan, according to cybersecurity researchers, adding to a wave of breaches that highlight how AI-powered attacks can overwhelm cyber defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"They should be aware of legal and reputational consequences, including the risk of involving themselves in serious breaches of international law," Miliband said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

But if the trailer breaches, I'll be fine.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

It said her actions amounted to serious misconduct, breached fundamental nursing standards and caused both financial and emotional harm.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The next key moving average to keep an eye on, which the Nasdaq hasn’t breached since March, is the 200-DMA, which many view as a dividing line between longer-term uptrends and downtrends.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Cliffs Chief Executive Lourenco Goncalves said the company hasn’t breached the law and that a temporary reduction in headcount is needed as it refocuses its operations to counter the pressure on the industry from tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Narayan on Monday warned that "it seems likely, if not inevitable, that our own cyber defences will be breached".

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

If the levees were breached, he knew the battle would be lost.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Tales of artificial-intelligence agents breaching websites have been in the news for months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The pre-match dissatisfaction towards top-flight chiefs can likely be traced back to February 2023, when the 115 charges for breaching the rules were first announced.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

About 30 protesters by the steps of the Senedd were vocal throughout the royal visit, and one protester was arrested on suspicion of breaching the Public Order Act.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

"Where costs rise above the ceiling, refiners and importers will carry the shortfall and recover it later when crude prices or exchange rates allow without breaching the ceiling," he said,

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Okay, this had never been spelt out exactly, but it was definitely, as I say, an understanding, and until the afternoon of the Daniel Deronda business, neither of us had come anywhere near breaching it.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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