sound barrier

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But its treatment in general showed "there are still areas where the #MeToo movement has not yet breached the sound barrier, chiefly in men's football," she added.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Turns out, it wasn’t a language barrier, it was a sound barrier.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 recently became the first civilian jet to break the sound barrier since the Concorde—a development watched closely by the football league as it considers launching franchises in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Intense sonic booms could be heard overhead as Israeli jets broke the sound barrier.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2024

She’d won the 1938 Bendix Air Race flying a fighter plane from Los Angeles to Cleveland, and later in life she would become the first woman to break the sound barrier.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein