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  • past participle of break.
  • past tense form of break.
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broke

[brohk] / broʊk /


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The two broke up but reconnected on the picket line during the 2007-08 Writers Guild Strike.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

That last project to add dedicated bike lanes along Vermont Avenue between 120th Street and Sunset Boulevard recently broke ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

A spokesperson for the Care Inspectorate said Mathewson "broke the trust" of families.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

He went into exile in the late 1960s, though he only broke publicly with Castro after the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia of 1968.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Like many celebrities today, the Fox sisters broke social norms.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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