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How to use the word breaks in a Sentence?

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Music speaks to people in a way that breaks down boundaries that words or actions sometimes can't. -Dan Reynolds

Dan Reynolds

added by anonymous
7 months ago

Like a river's flow, forgiveness cascades, Washing away resentment's dark shades, It breaks the chains that bind the heart, Granting liberation, a brand-new start.

Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
10 months ago

I ’m a parent of three boys, and when I hear from my boys [ that ] they do n’t want to go to the bathroom because people will be vaping in there, it just breaks my heart that they’re not having a bathroom break all day because of that, that kids are so addicted that they have to sneak away to the bathroom, or they are vaping in class using some covert pieces of clothing, shows this really is a public health crisis. Get CNN Health's weekly newsletter Sign up here to get The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta every Tuesday from the CNN Health team.

Susan Walley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I had eight weeks over the summer and four weeks over the winter, so I would take those breaks and basically the minute the school would break up, I would be on a plane and then I would n’t land until the day before it started back up again.

Jemma Warner-Gregory

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As much as folks feel like it’s been an unrelenting winter, we actually have gotten some at least weeklong breaks and, in some cases, multi-weeklong breaks in between these sequences, had we had this winter and everything that happened back-to-back without any breaks during the storm cycles at all, the level of flooding and the level of damage in California would be dramatically higher.

Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images Hecht

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It breaks you, physically, emotionally, you’re drained.

Bobby Mann

Found on CNN
1 year ago

But it’s gotten to a point where, at least for me personally, until this is resolved I ca n’t represent this federation. I ’m such a competitor that breaks my heart and kills me ….

Canada Soccer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

To the extent that you can break up your sitting with some kind of movement breaks, you’re still going to yield some benefit.

Keith Diaz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’d strongly encourage folks — especially adolescents — to take frequent breaks from social media use.

Neha Chaudhary

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have zero tolerance for any form of bias or hate on our worksite. Anti-bias training is included in our onboarding process and reiterated during site-wide meetings, we are suspending all operations onsite in order to provide another series of these trainings and conversations for all staff and workers. OBAMA BREAKS GROUND IN CHICAGO FOR MASSIVE PRESIDENTIAL CENTER PROJECT The Obama Presidential Center under construction on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Chicago's Jackson Park neighborhood. ( Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Lakeside Alliance is offering a reward of $ 100,000 for help, according to NBC 5. The Obama Presidential Center will reportedly include a museum, public library, athletic center, children’s playground and test kitchen. The Obama Presidential Center is being financed mostly through private donations.

Lakeside Alliance

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Intermittent standing breaks throughout the day and after meals reduced glucose on average by 9.51 % compared to prolonged sitting. However, intermittent light-intensity walking throughout the day saw a greater reduction of glucose by an average of 17.01 % compared to prolonged sitting, this suggests that breaking prolonged sitting with standing and light-walking breaks throughout the day is beneficial for glucose levels.

Aidan Buffey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

An eight-figure auction result in the sports market was the stuff of fantasy just a decade ago, we always knew this card would shatter records and expectations. But that doesn't make it any less of a thrill to be part of an auction during which a single item breaks the eight-figure threshold for the first time. It's an extraordinary accomplishment for our wonderful team of sports experts at Heritage Auctions shared with CNN. And, of course, we could not have done it without Anthony Giordano, Anthony Giordano, who put Anthony Giordano trust in Heritage Auctions.Mantle to bring this amazing card to market.

Chris Ivy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The ponds and wetlands constructed by beavers can serve as natural fire breaks in the case of wildfire.

William Ripple

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was just a perfect California day, then all hell broke loose, now every time I hear of another school shooting, my heart breaks. I know the pain and the hurt and the struggle they will go through for years to come.

Lynda Vanartsdalen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My understanding of the process is that if you're involved in a criminal thing, that certain information that you're not able to share, as to where the breaks are with respect to the criminal investigation, I guess we'll just have to see at some point.

Bennie Thompson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If the drought breaks before the first of the year, we'll just look back and say it was really tough, and if it doesn't, we'll remember it, because we'll have to sell( the herd), and then we'll have to wait until it rains and start over again.

Wade Maierhofer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I love you like when the telly breaks and all I can do is think of what loving words we can share.

Heather Lydia Thornhill

added by heatherthornhill
1 year ago

Even if they want to breastfeed, they can't. They work between nine to 13 hours a day with few breaks. They travel long distances to their low-pay jobs, they don't have adequate healthcare or other support to even pump at work.

Mily Treviño-Sauceda

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It just breaks my heart, to know that someone has the audacity to point a weapon, and shoot someone for as little as too much mayonnaise on a sandwich, they were just model employees.

Willie Glenn

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Knowing that his last vision of his mother is stuff coming out of her nose and her mouth... it breaks my heart.

Katie Klosterman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The reason why cavities develop on teeth is simply because the acidic environment created by the bacteria in the mouth breaks down carbohydrates and sugars.

Rhonda Kalasho

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It’s an aging infrastructure that we’re seeing. It’s a cast iron pipe, and so those are typically more susceptible to breaks than other new technologies like PVC pipe that’s going in the ground.

Deputy City Manager Phillip Urrutia

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Spiteful words can hurt your feelings, but silence breaks your heart.

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added by unochickie
1 year ago

Last night's tragic news on the recovery of the body of 14-year-old Brandy Wilson from the Mississippi River breaks my heart.

LaToya Cantrell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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