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
Mr. Kidd describes this as “a spectacular breach of conventional academic protocol,” especially as the dons conferred unopposed—on the same day—an honorary degree on Alessandro Pertini, the 88-year-old Italian president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
According to the paper, both Nepal and China have warned that there could be a second potential flooding event, due to a fast-filling lake at the site of the first disastrous breach.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
But Charlotte still managed to breach it just as the train reached the platform at Aisling.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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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
A simple Google search of this management software continues to show on-going issues due to outages, ransomware breaches, cyberattacks and tech glitches that caused global classes and exams to need rescheduling.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 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
But, in 2023, the charity revoked the license agreement because of "multiple breaches" of the permission granted which "posed health and safety concerns" for "visitors and wildlife".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The breaches threatened the lives of agents and created insidious doubts, with officials questioning each other’s loyalty.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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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
But Samuel had put up a laughing wall against natural laws, and Una’s death breached his battlements.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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A 55-year-old Ballynahinch woman has pleaded guilty to breaching a lifetime anonymity order by posting information likely to reveal the alleged identity of a victim in the Jeffrey Donaldson sex abuse case.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
He is already in prison having been jailed on Thursday after admitting breaching a restraining order that banned him from posting online about his ex-partner Georgia Harrison.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“They look like they might be breaching the north battlements, they’ve brought giants of their own!”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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