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How to use the word Breaking in a Sentence?

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Genius is not about conforming to societal norms, but about breaking free from them and forging new paths.

– Martin Tobias Lithner

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It sounded like a freight train, there’s stuff breaking everywhere, I was scared for everybody else.

– Ciara Sear

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1 year ago

We are in close contact with the tour operators of different countries and OTA [online travel agency] colleagues, who confirm that Türkiye is gearing up for another record-breaking summer season at all of its major destinations.

– Kaan Kavaloğlu

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1 year ago

China continues to be the glaring exception to the ongoing global decline in coal plant development, the speed at which projects progressed through permitting to construction in 2022 was extraordinary, with many projects sprouting up, gaining permits, obtaining financing and breaking ground apparently in a matter of months.

– Flora Champenois

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Breaking the code was not a eureka moment — it took quite a while, each time peeling another layer of the ‘onion,’.

– George Lasry

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So given the fact that we were close to breaking records last night, we had to go out in those conditions every 15 to 20 minutes or so.

– Alexis George

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Partisan critics of Georgia’s elections described our processes and security measures as ‘ Jim Crow 2.0 ’ designed to ‘ suppress ’ voters and ‘ subvert ’ elections, but record-breaking midterm voter turnout, minimal voter wait times and an overwhelming majority of voters approving of how our election went prove that Georgia voters see through those lies. They know that Georgia elections are safe, secure and accessible to every legal voter.

– Brad Raffensperger

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1 year ago

It got really loud, we heard glass breaking, and the building was shaking then it was calm.

– Father Reginald Samuels

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With more than 41,000 asylum-seekers arriving in New York City since last spring and nearly 28,000 asylum-seekers currently in our care, our city is at its breaking point.

– Eric Adams

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1 year ago

We were the first to deliver a pizza. We’re the first to take an order over the Internet. we’ve always done big, exciting things. And so, breaking the world record for the world’s largest pizza just felt like the right thing to do to celebrate bringing back our largest pizza.

– David Graves

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We’ve always done big, exciting things. And so, breaking the world record for the world’s largest pizza just felt like the right thing to do to celebrate bringing back our largest pizza.

– David Graves

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Without sleep, your muscles can’t recover from the stress you put them through during workouts. It doesn’t do you much good to keep breaking down your muscles without giving them time to recover and grow stronger.

– Raj Dasgupta

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1 year ago

I completely broke. I’m not equipped or trained to deal with a long-term citywide problem like this. I know it’s very hard to watch. I can only ask others to maybe try to better understand my breaking point by looking at sudden reactions they might have had in their own life and how they may have strongly overreacted and now feel so humbled and sorry. the city needs to take action and do something to give these people support and help that they need, not move them a few blocks away.

– Trena Hamidi

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1 year ago

So instead of building a massively expensive cable, simply put in the solar farm … create the hydrogen, put in the nitrogen, if you want ammonia, (or) carbon dioxide, if you want synthetic green methane, or just straight hydrogen, and ship that to Singapore, because that’s what they’re telling me they want. the shipping part has never been done, there’s nothing to work off – you’re really breaking new ground.

– Bruce Robertson

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The shipping part has never been done, there’s nothing to work off – you’re really breaking new ground.

– Bruce Robertson

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1 year ago

Barbara Walters has always been an example of bravery and truth – breaking barriers while driving our nation forward. Her legacy will continue as an inspiration for all journalists.

– Joe Biden

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1 year ago

Limit is the excuse of those people who don't have the ability of breaking it.

– Prokash Singha

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1 year ago

Unfortunately, they [the Biden Administration] don’t seem to have a plan, nor a desire to come up with one. Until they do, we need Title 42 in place to keep the dam from breaking.

– Dan Crenshaw

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1 year ago

The Biden administration just can’t help itself from breaking the law — especially immigration law, they have begged every court up to the Supreme Court to let them off the hook, and every time the court says no.

– Ken Paxton

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1 year ago

We call on the legislature to let each half of the state go their separate ways in peace. If western Oregon doesn’t like the risk of being forced to accept the gubernatorial candidate it voted against, then it should simply stop holding our counties captive in this unhappy marriage. Actually, it’s not even as dramatic as a divorce, because we’re not breaking up a family. Moving a state border issimilar to redistrictinga utility provider.

– Mike McCarter

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1 year ago

In 2018, 223,576 Georgians voted by mail for governor. So far this year, we’ve received 239,789 requests for absentee ballots, 238,356 have been mailed out, we’ll exceed 2018’s total for mailed-in ballots. So far we’ve been breaking the early vote record set in 2018, and we’re approaching the early vote numbers in 2020.

– Brad Raffensperger

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1 year ago

The last two years have seen law and order deteriorate across our country. Public safety has eroded. Violent crimes like murders and carjackings are breaking records. And our southern border has turned into a turnstile, we have seen the violence and chaos firsthand in Kentucky, especially in my hometown of Louisville. But we aren’t alone. This is a nationwide phenomenon on Democrats’ watch.

– Mitch McConnell

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1 year ago

We’re on track to break records in terms of voter turnout in every category, in 2018, 223,576 Georgians voted by mail for Governor. So far this year, we’ve received 239,789 requests for absentee ballots, 238,356 have been mailed out. We’ll exceed 2018’s total for mailed-in ballots. So far we’ve been breaking the early vote record set in 2018, and we’re approaching the early vote numbers in 2020.

– State Office

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1 year ago

In this new and unforeseen reality, where we expect thousands more to arrive every week going forward, the city’s system is nearing its breaking point, as a result, the city’s prior practices, which never contemplated the bussing of thousands of people into New York City, must be reassessed.

– Mayor Adams '

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