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"She interrupted her pregnancy"
"break a lucky streak"
"break the cycle of poverty"

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"The figurine broke"
"The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

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"You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"

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"He broke the glass plate"
"She broke the match"

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"He busted my radio!"

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"offend all laws of humanity"
"violate the basic laws or human civilization"
"break a law"
"break a promise"

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"stop the project"
"break off the negotiations"

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"break into tears"
"erupt in anger"

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"The clouds broke after the heavy downpour"

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"The horses broke from the stable"
"Three inmates broke jail"
"Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"

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"The horse was tough to break"
"I broke in the new intern"

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"Someone broke in while I was on vacation"
"They broke into my car and stole my radio!"
"who broke into my account last night?"

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"The engine finally went"
"The car died on the road"
"The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
"The coffee maker broke"
"The engine failed on the way to town"
"her eyesight went after the accident"

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"light broke over the horizon"
"Voices broke in the air"

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"The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"
"The actress won't reveal how old she is"
"bring out the truth"
"he broke the news to her"
"unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
"The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"

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"She bettered her own record"
"break a record"

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"This sentence violates the rules of syntax"

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"If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"

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"soften a shock"
"break a fall"

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"The surf broke"

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"The ranks broke"

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"She had broken with the traditional patterns"

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"His resistance was broken"
"a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"

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"The patient's fever broke last night"

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"I broke my foot while playing hockey"

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"stock prices broke"

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"his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"

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"The glass cracked when it was heated"

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"Report the news as it develops"
"These political movements recrudesce from time to time"

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"Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children"

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"break the code"

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"break an alibi"
"break down a proof"

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"The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages"

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"break a circuit"

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"We pause for station identification"
"let's break for lunch"

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"News of her death broke in the morning"

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"The blade broke her skin"

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"The skin broke"

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"break a branch from a tree"

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"The lawn mower finally broke"
"The gears wore out"
"The old chair finally fell apart completely"

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"The referee broke the boxers"

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"The book dealer would not break the set"

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"I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"

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"Kids were break-dancing at the street corner"

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"The wall collapsed"
"The business collapsed"
"The dam broke"
"The roof collapsed"
"The wall gave in"
"The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

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"The whales broke"

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"My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"
"The slump in the financial markets smashed him"

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"She was demoted because she always speaks up"
"He was broken down to Sergeant"

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"The business partners broke over a tax question"
"The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"
"My friend and I split up"

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"The will was broken"

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"His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"
"This play will either make or break the playwright"

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"Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"

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"The first winter storm broke over New York"

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"break cigarette smoking"

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"She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes"

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"The flat plain was broken by tall mesas"

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"The heat wave finally broke yesterday"