breaks

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They’re training their anger on families who are going to extremes for an edge, from spending $10,000 for a diagnosis from a neuropsychologist to finding a gastroenterologist to support requests for unlimited bathroom breaks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Stier wanted there to be six stand-up sets, mirroring other comedy shows like Shannon Cloud’s, but he wanted to mix up the flow with breaks between the sets.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

For more than a decade, “Saturday Night Live” writers Colin Jost and Michael Che have marked breaks and finales with a joke swap segment.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Instead, they are highly complex areas where the fault breaks into multiple strands.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

“I don’t take breaks in my search for value,” he wrote to White Mountains.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis