broke

Example Sentences

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It broke the region's previous record set in June 2025.

From Barron's • Jul. 9, 2026

A Rhode Island country club built a wall to protect its golf course—and all hell broke loose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

During the Progressive Era, when party machine politics dominated, judicial elections were put forward as a reform to promote democratic accountability because they broke up concentrations of power and redistributed it to the people.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2026

Tim and Natalie Harris from Swansea had booked a holiday to Dubai with their two teenage daughters this summer, but when the Iran war broke out they cancelled and lost their deposit.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

The water swirled as a larger fish broke the surface, chasing the school of fish ahead of it.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff