broken
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He later slipped and twisted his lower right leg badly as he made a dash to collect a supply package across ground covered by broken bricks, concrete shards, pieces of steel and other debris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Ronaldo later said that Jesus had "broken his word" but accepted he deserved to be punished for his premature departure and claimed that, at that time, he would not be retiring from international football.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
These conditions may have helped preserve biological material that would ordinarily have broken down and disappeared.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Early on as a council member, Raman told me she was sorting out the fragmented response to homelessness, having identified overlapping services, a lack of accountability, and broken lines of communication and coordination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
At least, it would have done if she hadn’t held me so tightly, if her voice hadn’t broken as she whispered, ‘I promise everything will be fine,’ into my hair.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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