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Recent Examples of unbreachable
Rather than hold management accountable, shareholders typically run into an unbreachable wall of opposition from founders like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Snap’s Evan Spiegel, and Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who control a majority of voting shares at their respective companies.
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Seth Fiegerman, CNN, 29 Oct. 2022
Dump trucks with tires twice my height rolled past us, ferrying dirt like so many ants, building what Bardini and his fellow-engineers hope will be unbreachable barriers.
—James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2023
Best to arrive at her fort defenseless to have half a chance at challenging her own almost unbreachable defense system.
—Bono, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2022
There are times when the gap between Catra and Adora felt unbreachable, and then there's the horrible robotic hivemind stuff in the final season.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2022
At the start of Europe’s migration crisis in 2015, the English Channel was regarded as an unbreachable barrier, its shifting currents and volatile weather making any attempt to cross too dangerous.
—New York Times, 25 Nov. 2021
This reduces what were once formerly unbreachable barriers to entry to many industries.
—Bill Fischer, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
The act of crossing over the supposedly unbreachable rivers of race is meant to be shameful.
—Nylah Burton, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2021
Another, an election-security expert named Harri Hursti, tracks down supposedly unbreachable voting machines to tinker with their vulnerabilities.
—Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
Seth Fiegerman, CNN, 29 Oct. 2022
Dump trucks with tires twice my height rolled past us, ferrying dirt like so many ants, building what Bardini and his fellow-engineers hope will be unbreachable barriers.
—James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2023
Best to arrive at her fort defenseless to have half a chance at challenging her own almost unbreachable defense system.
—Bono, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2022
There are times when the gap between Catra and Adora felt unbreachable, and then there's the horrible robotic hivemind stuff in the final season.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2022
At the start of Europe’s migration crisis in 2015, the English Channel was regarded as an unbreachable barrier, its shifting currents and volatile weather making any attempt to cross too dangerous.
—New York Times, 25 Nov. 2021
This reduces what were once formerly unbreachable barriers to entry to many industries.
—Bill Fischer, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
The act of crossing over the supposedly unbreachable rivers of race is meant to be shameful.
—Nylah Burton, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2021
Another, an election-security expert named Harri Hursti, tracks down supposedly unbreachable voting machines to tinker with their vulnerabilities.
—Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbreachable
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France and Germany have responded with a seriousness typically reserved for Russia and China, emphasizing the importance of maintaining Europe’s borders as inviolable.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Jan. 2025
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Although today’s order appears to be stronger and more resilient than its 1930s counterpart, in recent years, norms that were long considered inviolable have been flouted.—
Margaret MacMillan,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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Since 2011’s True Story, the Pluto moniker has been a gratifyingly unassailable part of Future’s brand.—
Gary Suarez,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2024
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And his big lesson, while unassailable, is not exactly the stuff of revelation.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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The very notion of a CEO being so untouchable and sequestered from the public eye was absurd then—and would be completely impossible today.—
Heather Kelly,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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But rather than embodying an untouchable royal, Meghan’s embraced the 1% lifestyle the entire streaming-TV industry gleefully derides.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
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From Sandro Tonali to Dan Burn and Dubravka, this current side have been borderline impregnable over the past month.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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For more than half a century, the Assad dynasty appeared to have an impregnable hold over Syria.—
Natasha Hall,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Dec. 2024
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Although this level of customization—identifying individual customer groups and personalizing multiple marketing strategies at scale—is often an insurmountable task for a marketing team, AI is great for turning huge datasets into actionable insights.—
Bill Geary,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Her dominating presence is an unapologetic middle finger to an industry that has long created insurmountable barriers for so many other women who look like her.—
Carly Lewis-Oduntan,
refinery29.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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The opponents were significant — Bayer Leverkusen hadn’t lost a game all season in any competition and were on course for a historic invincible treble.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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After a 2-1 first-leg defeat at Celtic Park, Brendan Rodgers' men must overturn the deficit at the Allianz Arena, where Bayern Munich are practically invincible.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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All these protective systems do not make F-16s invulnerable.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Any pardons Biden issued should be virtually invulnerable to a court challenge.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Chandler went into the bout in New York last November with seemingly bulletproof confidence after a strong fight camp but was beaten by an excellent Oliveira display as the former undisputed UFC lightweight champion claimed a unanimous decision victory at Madison Square Garden.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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Straight-talking and seemingly bulletproof in the press conference chair, Arne Slot has mixed tactical insight with humour during his time as Liverpool’s head coach.—
Gregg Evans,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Unbreachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbreachable. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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