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broken

[broh-kuhn] / ˈbroʊ kən /








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Angel City fans are frustrated by the team’s poor results, saying trust has been broken by losses amid constant leadership and player changes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

"It does challenge stereotypes, because it finally breaks a ceiling that was never broken," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

But my claim was that the administrative process itself was broken.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Levine, 65, who was on assignment for The Washington Post, was taken to a hospital with broken vertebrae.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Davenport brothers escaped from their spirit cabinet, but one of the professors discovered a piece of broken thread on the floor.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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