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broken

[broh-kuhn] / ˈbroʊ kən /








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Turner has made 22 tackles and has broken up two passes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

But my claim was that the administrative process itself was broken.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Near the iconic Place de la Republique in central Paris, broken glass and debris littered the roads, as a pile of burning bicycles belched out thick smoke.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

“They’ll show up. They’ll crawl over broken glass.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Day had broken, a sullen gray sky spitting snow.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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