breakdown

Example Sentences

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West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude both climbed above $100 a barrel on Monday after a breakdown in talks between the U.S. and Iran over the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Researchers often struggle to distinguish these rare signaling molecules from the many inactive fragments created during normal protein breakdown.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

They even wrapped it up with into a noise-staggered breakdown that felt like actual stadium rock.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Then he’d watched that army marching south and had some kind of nervous breakdown.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan