big break
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Gene Wilder, in an archival interview, grows absolutely reverent when asked about his first meeting with Mr. Brooks, who gave him his big break in “The Producers.”
The conversations with Steinbrenner turned out to be a big break: Cardinale has been credited with helping to create the YES regional sports network which launched in 2002.
With a career spanning more than 60 years, Weir's big break was in 1965 with the founding of the Grateful Dead.
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Every time Sombr gets a big break, a bigger one soon follows.
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Jessie Buckley's big break came in 2008 when she took part in the BBC One talent show I'd Do Anything, where she came second in the search to find an actress to play Nancy in a West End adaptation of Oliver Twist.
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