break one
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“It’s like breeding racehorses,” said Ron Wallace, the first grower to break one ton in 2012.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
“Got a good doorman here,” Girardi said to the courtroom clerk, as he held the door open for Girardi after a break one day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
Did I think we would be here at the summer break, one race away from getting the lead?
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
Caesar, however, survives and must break one of his cardinal rules: “Ape not kill ape.”
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
What I thought were blueberries have a slightly different shape, and when I break one open the insides are bloodred.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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