breaker

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Recent Examples of breaker The installation incorporates robust mooring systems, wave breakers and ballast anchors to ensure stability in varying conditions. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025 While city efforts seemed to have kept away massive crowds that used to descend on South Beach, spring breakers who did come were still having the time of their lives. Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2025 Hilton Head, South Carolina is perfect for spring breakers looking for an easy escape (especially for those on the east coast). Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 13 Mar. 2025 By the numbers: More than 100,000 people packed the grounds each day from Friday through Sunday, with many spring breakers in the crowd. Shafaq Patel, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for breaker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaker
Noun
  • However, the high surf advisory issued by the NWS office in Los Angeles will remain in place until 4 p.m. PT on Thursday.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Dangerous waves that may break up to 30 feet also will continue along the coast, and the weather service extended a high surf advisory through Friday.
    Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
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
  • Her glam featured her hair styled with soft curls and fringe to frame her face.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Her bright blonde hair was styled in loose curls with a middle part, and her makeup was soft—just pink lips and a touch of blush.
    Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • By the time Bob reached it, the open water was 300 feet wide and building whitecaps.
    Robert E. Houle, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Vincent tied his kayak to ours, then steered us safely across the whitecaps to the mainland.
    Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • When waves wash in, the water flows out through the channels in strong currents that can surprise swimmers and waders and swiftly carry them away from the beach.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Whatever the reasons for a decline in club-going, Fields' TikTok video sparked a wave of nostalgia and longing for a time when nightlife was more affordable and less likely to be recorded.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Barnes’ potential as a playmaker as a roller — like Green — is immense.
    Eric Koreen, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The next inning, Hall charged Hank Harrison’s slow roller, and again threw a strike to first to get the leadoff man in the fourth inning.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Breaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breaker. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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