breakout

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The song became a breakout single for the duo and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard U.S. dance club songs chart, with The Times calling “It Takes Two” “the rage of the rap underground.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

The breakout star of the celebrity summer-movie circuit is a wrinkly green puppet.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

That move also successfully retested the prior breakout level above the double-bottom pivot at $78.59, which was originally cleared on Feb. 4.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

This week, it successfully retested the May breakout level, producing a bullish hammer Tuesday.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Lee’s final great hope for a breakout came the previous night.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly