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to fail to keep
a builder being sued by a homeowner for breaching a contract
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Recent Examples of breaching
When breaching a budget actually pauses releases, reliability stops being an ops problem and becomes everyone’s problem.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Salt water intrusion Flooding, and salt water breaching the top of the spillway, are not the only problem.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026
On the same statute-of-limitations grounds, the jury also rejected Musk’s claim that Microsoft aided and abetted Altman and Brockman in allegedly breaching their duty to OpenAI.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 18 May 2026
Musk filed his lawsuit in 2024, accusing Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman of unjustly enriching themselves, and OpenAI of breaching its duty as a nonprofit by starting a for-profit wing and taking billions in investment from Microsoft (also named as a defendant).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
The nine-panel jury found Altman, co-founder Greg Brockman and OpenAI not liable on all claims and rejected the SpaceX founder's claim that Microsoft, a major stakeholder in OpenAI, aided and abetted Altman and Brockman in allegedly breaching their duty to OpenAI, according to NBC News.
—Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Over the nine years PSR was in operation in the EFL, several clubs were sanctioned for breaching that threshold, with Birmingham City, Derby County, Leicester City, Reading and Sheffield Wednesday all receiving points-deductions.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 15 May 2026
There have been several reports of visitors breaching the fencing, Redulla said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Trespassers breaching airport perimeters is a longstanding and regular problem, with perhaps dozens annually nationwide, said security expert Jeff Price, who was assistant director of security at the Denver airport in the 1990s.
—Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Salt water intrusion Flooding, and salt water breaching the top of the spillway, are not the only problem.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026
On the same statute-of-limitations grounds, the jury also rejected Musk’s claim that Microsoft aided and abetted Altman and Brockman in allegedly breaching their duty to OpenAI.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 18 May 2026
Musk filed his lawsuit in 2024, accusing Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman of unjustly enriching themselves, and OpenAI of breaching its duty as a nonprofit by starting a for-profit wing and taking billions in investment from Microsoft (also named as a defendant).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2026
The nine-panel jury found Altman, co-founder Greg Brockman and OpenAI not liable on all claims and rejected the SpaceX founder's claim that Microsoft, a major stakeholder in OpenAI, aided and abetted Altman and Brockman in allegedly breaching their duty to OpenAI, according to NBC News.
—Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Over the nine years PSR was in operation in the EFL, several clubs were sanctioned for breaching that threshold, with Birmingham City, Derby County, Leicester City, Reading and Sheffield Wednesday all receiving points-deductions.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 15 May 2026
There have been several reports of visitors breaching the fencing, Redulla said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Trespassers breaching airport perimeters is a longstanding and regular problem, with perhaps dozens annually nationwide, said security expert Jeff Price, who was assistant director of security at the Denver airport in the 1990s.
—Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaching
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Spencer Pratt filed a formal complaint accusing his opponent, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, of violating election laws by allegedly campaigning too close to a ballot box.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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Two years later, the FBI raided the apartment of the company's founder, Shayne Coplan, as part of a probe into whether Polymarket was violating that agreement.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
27 May 2026
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After a strikeout for the second out, Newport batter Noah Whitaker, with Horsley breaking for third base and Hatfield for second, was called out for batter’s interference on Ganesha catcher Dyson Grant’s throw to second base, a throw that sailed into center field.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Wallen previously lodged 37 song entries, breaking his previous record of 36 entries in a single week.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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“Breaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaching. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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