How to Use break with in a Sentence
break with
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So Thomas got the same money and the Heat got a cap (and tax and apron) break with the agreement.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
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This was all, of course, before her big break with the 1992 romcom Boomerang.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 15 Aug. 2024
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His break with Johnson helped narrow the gap, but not by enough to win.
—Ian Prasad Philbrick, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Ties in any round will be broken with a 60-second swing-off.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2023
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Murphy got her big break with a role in Clueless (1995).
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
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LeBron James scooted up the left side of the court, and the Lakers triggered the break with an outlet.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
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There’s a good chance that string will break with the 2026 election, regardless of how Atkins does.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
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For Paris the consequence has been a break with the brotherhood.
—Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 12 May 2024
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The Bruins head into the three-day Christmas break with their best gut-check win of the season.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 23 Dec. 2024
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For years, the best place to be in Hollywood was on a smoke break with Lynda Obst.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
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The few designers that did break with the rest of the industry back then faced swift backlash.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Jan. 2025
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The Devils had a chance to make a strong statement coming out of the break with a weekend home-and-home against the Hurricanes.
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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So far, the opposite has happened, as the Orioles entered the All-Star break with the third-best record in the major leagues at 54-35.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
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Other figures on the left have publicly broken with him more and more.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
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But the Panthers get a big break with a roughing the punter penalty on their third possession.
—Staff Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
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But Tito began to add his guitar parts to their recordings when the brothers broke with Motown and signed with Epic in the mid-’70s.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024
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Christie, who was also once a close Trump ally, broke with the former president in the wake of the 2020 election.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
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Khachaturyan insists breaking with Russia is not part of the plan.
—Charlie Campbell / Yerevan, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
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This time, though, Israel faces a rare break with Washington.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
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On a break with colleagues one day, Takala feared that her beverage order might be a tell.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
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Look, at some point some of these members are going to break with the president on some issue.
—NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
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Parents keen to experience a city break with kids in tow might want to jet off to Toronto.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2023
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The Warriors are emerging from the All-Star break with a clear path to the postseason ahead of them, but with little room for error to take a wrong turn.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
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O’Connor broke with precedent to broadly side with the Brackeens.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 June 2023
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But San Francisco got a huge break with a holding call on Kansas City.
—Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
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Laid on top of the eerie beats that have become the norm in his hometown, his raps cast a spell that can only be broken with a splash of holy water.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 2 Jan. 2024
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And until this week, Biden had broken with custom and declined to invite Netanyahu to the White House.
—Owen Tucker-Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
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The younger generation wants a sharp break with the past, and the president is listening.
—Robert B. Zoellick, WSJ, 7 June 2023
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Celebrate spring and bud break with an afternoon of special wine tastings.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Create fuel breaks with driveways, walkways, patios and decks.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
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