Example Sentences

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The move lasted just one session before reversing, a red flag because the strongest breakouts typically work immediately.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Perez argued that the scarcity of recent rap breakouts is less about the genre’s lack of imagination and more about migrating tastes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

“This is a buying opportunity, and it’s late now, because now we’re at new highs, but the pullback is a buying opportunity and the breakouts to new highs are also a buying opportunity,”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Some of the states that have undergone big breakouts have rates for kindergartners below the 95% goal — Texas was 93.2%; New Mexico, 94.8%; and South Carolina, 91.2%.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

When kids did stage desperate, pathetic breakouts, it had been in small groups of Reds, Oranges, and Yellows.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken