breaker
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The meltdown spilled over into the stock market, with the benchmark Borsa Istanbul 100 tumbling 5.5% on Wednesday and triggering a circuit breaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Both players failed to take break-point opportunities before a match-deciding breaker swung back and forth.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
They sold it later that year for $2.4 million—and the breaker took Whatnot up on its offer of the cash equivalent for the Lamborghini.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
On Wednesday, regulators were obliged to enforce the circuit breaker, suspending all trading temporarily, for the second consecutive day and the tenth time this year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Not a record breaker, but a solid one nevertheless.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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