broke

Example Sentences

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To be sure, stocks were looking wobbly even before the Iran conflict broke out.

From MarketWatch

David Knight, who lives near Charlwood in Surrey, said his supplier cancelled a prepaid contract for heating oil shortly after the war broke out.

From BBC

During the qualifying trip, he broke several ribs falling over in rough seas and a key piece of equipment, his spinnaker pole, was lost overboard.

From BBC

Spielberg grinned as the audience broke out into cheers.

From Barron's

The 38-year-old exporter had a shipment of hair clips and playdough scheduled to arrive at Dubai’s port from China just as the conflict broke out in late February.

From The Wall Street Journal