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Recent Examples of break in
Caroline Blair, People.com, 13 May 2025
Margaret Burke had her breasts removed the first day of Roanoke College’s winter break in December 2010.
—Air Mail, 10 May 2025
Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 22 May 2025
Along with a break-in at Kid Cudi’s home, there was a tirade of threats by Combs over the brief relationship between Kid Cudi and Cassie Ventura.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 May 2025
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Verb
On the night of Oct. 6, 2016, Kardashian was by herself in her room at the No Address Hotel in Paris when five men dressed as policemen broke in, tied up her feet and hands and gagged her before putting her in a bathtub.
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In other news: The reporters in the gallery were treated to some rare levity this morning as the attorneys debated whether Kid Cudi could testify about his dog’s behavioral changes after the 2011 break-in at his home.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for break in
Verb
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This metabolically active fat accumulates around the waist, surrounding and invading the heart, liver, and pancreas.—
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Georgetown Law School Professor David Super also questioned the amount of deference that Haines gave the administration, including on the questions of whether Tren de Aragua is invading the U.S. and whether the Venezuelan government is responsible.—
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According to reports, Hudson interrupted the CBS interview several times and even stormed off at one point, delaying the interview by around 30 minutes.—
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Their reunion is interrupted when a woman who was vacationing with her powerful, much older husband is found murdered.—
Noun
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In May 2019, he was indicted by a grand jury for burglary of a habitation—a felony.—
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Detectives kept insisting the crime fit the pattern of a residential burglary, not a love triangle.—
Verb
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These guys robbed us — took everything, all our equipment.—
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Johnson robbed the convenience store in Garland where Harris was working a morning shift on May 20, 2012.—
Verb
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The Yield curve flipped from strongly inverted to rapidly steepening within a week of the Fed’s first rate cut in 4 ½ years.—
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Three Spectrum fiber optic lines were cut in the KC area Saturday, according to a spokesperson for the company.—
Noun
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Images shared on social media showed road traffic holdups in Bali as a result of the outage and long lines at the airport check-in counters.—
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While the swap of players makes a lot of sense for both teams, the value itself would be the holdup.—
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“Break in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/break%20in. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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