broached

past tense of broach
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as in surfaced
to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below the immense whales broaching was a magnificent sight

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Recent Examples of broached The result is a remarkable sleight of hand — a film in which every emotional possibility is broached, even when nothing seems to happen. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024 Among the topics broached by visitors were true love, the afterlife, feelings of solitude, war and suffering in the world, as well as the existence of God. Brian Cheng, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024 Has that subject been broached in some capacity? Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024 Trending on Billboard The new track is just one of many things ROSÉ and the radio host broached during their conversation, which arrives just two weeks ahead of the K-pop star’s debut solo album, rosie. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2024 In 1986, Baker first broached the topic in a note to the cardinal after Mahony appealed for priests to report inappropriate behavior, according to internal church records. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024 What Joker Folie a Deux does here isn’t outside of the realm of ideas that have been broached before in different ways. Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2024 But her coach, Nathaniel Dodson, who had opened the door to the game initially, broached the idea of Rockford University as an option for her future as an athlete. Eileen T. Meslar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024 Player expectations, organizational direction, schemes, every subject is broached, as to best prepare fans for the year ahead. Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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  • Wolfe was introduced to Sasaki by one of his clients, Yoshi Tsutsugo, who played briefly for the Dodgers.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Microsoft introduced a similar experience for GitHub Copilot last year that can recognize and explain code, alongside recommending changes and fixing bugs.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • George Mason isn’t the only school to have raised concerns about the VII Group.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an animal species known as Ochi.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • In addition to improving costs, new technologies—such as bidirectional vehicles, as discussed in my previous column—can make microgrids more powerful and versatile.
    Tracy Price, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • While the cloud tax is the highest dollar-amount tax being discussed, this does not mean that the other laundry list of tax increases will not hit most every Chicago resident’s wallet in the coming year.
    Jack Lavin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024

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“Broached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broached. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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