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Recent Examples of breaker Users on Reddit’s r/bboy community, an online forum for breakers, have discussed developing bald spots over time and shared tips like wearing padded beanies or adding gel pads under a hat while performing the maneuver. Jeffrey Kopp, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024 Sinner had won 18 of his last 19 tiebreakers heading into the third set breaker, but Alcaraz believed in himself even after trailing 0-3. Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 Even typically taboo subjects can be addressed on a first date, and perhaps should be, if a potential mate's opinion on them is a deal breaker. Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024 Instead of wiring into a home’s breaker box, the Backup by BioLite home backup power solution relies on thin battery panels that can fit behind appliances to keep them running for days at a time. Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for breaker 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaker
Noun
  • The weather service issued a a high surf advisory that was extended through 11 a.m. Saturday, and a coastal flood advisory along much of the Bay coastline, set to run through 1 p.m. Sunday.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The National Weather Service has issued a gale warning and high surf advisory across the coast in Northern California, calling the ocean conditions hazardous, especially for inexperienced mariners and those operating small vessels.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In the scope was one of the many tiny fish bones that were found that day, probably belonging to a small comber or a wrasse.
    Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The destructive combers continued to undermine dwellings near the water’s edge at West Newport Beach.
    Scott Harrison, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • This beloved, Best of Beauty-winning hair tool does it all: curls, dries, waves, and smoothes, all with minimal heat damage.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 5 Nov. 2024
  • For a long time, Moxam waited for the right moment to morph into Diana Ross’s mountain of curls (as if let loose from a set of extra-large curlers) from the G.I.T. on Broadway television special.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This is the largest whitecap on what has been a massive wave of consolidation this year in the global insurance sector.
    Kia Kokalitcheva, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
  • It was built as a global cruising yacht, though its ability to excel in stiff winds and whitecaps has led to success on the competitive regatta circuit.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 13 June 2024
Noun
  • Two waves of bombing followed, one late Wednesday and another early Thursday.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • But to continue to ride that wave, maintaining our skills and expanding our capabilities is a must.
    Al Kingsley, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The town was a manufacturing hub in the 1960s for the hair roller maker Carmen Curlere before it was sold to U.S. firm Clairol, eventually leading to thousands of job losses and the plant’s closure in 1990.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The image architect, 46, who is known for his work with icons like Zendaya and Céline Dion, partnered with Pepsi Wild Cherry for a new capsule collection that's all about roller skating culture from a day gone by.
    Hedy Phillips, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024

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“Breaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaker. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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