breach
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The Permanent Court of Arbitration, based in The Hague in the Netherlands, also made an order "prohibiting" India from carrying out works at two hydroelectric projects that could breach the 1960 Indus Water Treaty.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
The judge tossed Lively’s claims of sexual harassment, defamation and conspiracy, but allowed some claims, including retaliation and breach of contract, to proceed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Wagoner hated the idea and eventually sued Parton for breach of contract; she wrote “I Will Always Love You” to try to get the older country star to see where she was coming from.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The judges and members of Khan's political party, Tehreek-e-Insaf, issued warnings to supporters not to gather outside the hospital - that would be a breach of the court order.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
But the monkeys always managed to breach my system no matter how well I secured it.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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The other is a powerful exposé on the safety breaches that have caused deadly crashes and accidents on Boeing airplanes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
If any breaches of the Editor's Code of Practice were found it would take "appropriate steps", it added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
On a practical level, he added, the data sharing increased the risk of breaches that can open law-abiding citizens up to identity theft.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the past month, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta Platforms all reported serious breaches: their AI models escaped contained environments, got onto the internet and hacked other companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Old fishermen with time on their hands built bonfires out of driftwood and warmed themselves while the sea made breaches in the hulls of ships that had come hard aground.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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That was the first time the yen breached the key 160 level since the historic Japan-U.S. intervention in the currency market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Hugging Face gained attention earlier this summer when OpenAI models breached controls and were able to compromise the company’s systems.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
More than 3.8 million patients had their personal and health data breached, the company told state regulators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Nepal's Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal said an earthquake likely triggered a landslide that in turn blocked a river, sending water gushing downstream after it eventually breached the obstruction.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Just as Anya began to itch with the need to get out from under the water, the top of it breached the surface of the tunnel, and fresh, cold air cascaded over them.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Some routinely put on a show: NYC0318, a whale also seen by AFP on a recent outing, often charms whale watchers with sensational lunge-feeds, breaching the water and prompting shrieks of delight.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The shark made a few circles, its fins at times breaching the water’s surface as stunned fishermen looked on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Reality TV contestant Stephen Bear is back in prison after admitting breaching a restraining order that banned him from posting online about ex-partner Georgia Harrison.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Chelsea have been fined £10m and given a suspended two-window registration ban by the Football Association for breaching rules relating to payments to agents between 2009 and 2022.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
But it is also the setting for two starkly different tales about breaching those divides.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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