Example Sentences

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These road trip tips can help you avoid breakdowns, manage gas costs, and stay safer during the start of the summer travel season.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

They also suffered communication breakdowns with the Russians.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Cuba's electricity generation is sustained by a network of eight aging thermoelectric plants -- some in operation for over 40 years -- that suffer frequent breakdowns or must be shut down for maintenance cycles.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

A government source told the BBC it was planning for a worst case scenario, which would involve the continued closure of the strait and breakdowns in the domestic supply of carbon dioxide.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

They aren’t always as obvious and spectacular as other breakdowns in rapid cognition.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell