breakdown

Example Sentences

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Hiccups could entail something as big as a train breakdown or as small as a platform door not opening.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

It has now met its measured move from the bearish rounded top breakdown.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Gourinchas said the breakdown of U.S.-Iran negotiations in Pakistan over the weekend lifted the risk of the adverse or severe scenarios.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

She notes that no detailed breakdown of the numbers has been provided by the government or NHS England.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Around that time he had begun to say and do things that, as Dr. Webb says, were signs of some sort of nervous breakdown or stress-induced mania.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley