Example Sentences

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Arrivals have been breaking record after record with more than 40 million visitors in 2024, a performance that was likely surpassed in 2025.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

The move comes after the campaign group said the UK's biggest supermarket could have been breaking the law over how it displayed Clubcard prices, making it tough for shoppers to compare deals.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2024

To fully appreciate the workings of this important relationship and its global implications, researchers have been breaking it down into its components driven by ecology and evolution.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

Though builders have been breaking more ground on new housing projects, they are being constrained by the higher borrowing costs.

From Reuters • Nov. 21, 2023

She was typing away, and her fingers must have been breaking land-speed records.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen