How to Use break with in a Sentence
break with
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Other figures on the left have publicly broken with him more and more.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
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For Paris the consequence has been a break with the brotherhood.
—Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 12 May 2024
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But if Mateo doesn’t break with the club, or if the Orioles’ brass decides to keep him as just an infielder, that means the last spot would likely go to an outfielder.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 17 Mar. 2024
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The Czech player enjoyed the best possible start, breaking Paolini in the first game before consolidating that break with a hold to love.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 13 July 2024
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In another seeming break with this summer’s trends, Saturday also provided the city with a predominantly gray and overcast sky, and even a few raindrops.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
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In breaking with decades of precedent, the EBU has created a difficult situation for itself — and for the artists taking part in this year’s contest.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2024
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Ties in any round will be broken with a 60-second swing-off.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2023
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LeBron James scooted up the left side of the court, and the Lakers triggered the break with an outlet.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
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There’s a good chance that string will break with the 2026 election, regardless of how Atkins does.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
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For years, the best place to be in Hollywood was on a smoke break with Lynda Obst.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
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So far, the opposite has happened, as the Orioles entered the All-Star break with the third-best record in the major leagues at 54-35.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
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Christie, who was also once a close Trump ally, broke with the former president in the wake of the 2020 election.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
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This time, though, Israel faces a rare break with Washington.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
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On a break with colleagues one day, Takala feared that her beverage order might be a tell.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
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Parents keen to experience a city break with kids in tow might want to jet off to Toronto.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2023
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The Warriors are emerging from the All-Star break with a clear path to the postseason ahead of them, but with little room for error to take a wrong turn.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
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O’Connor broke with precedent to broadly side with the Brackeens.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 June 2023
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But San Francisco got a huge break with a holding call on Kansas City.
—Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
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Laid on top of the eerie beats that have become the norm in his hometown, his raps cast a spell that can only be broken with a splash of holy water.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 2 Jan. 2024
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And until this week, Biden had broken with custom and declined to invite Netanyahu to the White House.
—Owen Tucker-Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
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The younger generation wants a sharp break with the past, and the president is listening.
—Robert B. Zoellick, WSJ, 7 June 2023
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Briefly Jonas Brodin played for the first time since returning from the break with an illness, slotting into the blue line with Zach Bogosian.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
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Everything else sort of came from that big lucky break with Brian Wilson.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024
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This explosion of deals is a break with Hollywood’s past.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
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This is when Lee-Egan’s story breaks with the entirety of the California past.
—Daniel Duane, New York Times, 30 May 2023
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But the war is yet another, high-profile topic that younger voters break with Biden on.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 30 May 2024
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In order to ensure the metallic yarn didn’t degrade or break with usage, the team wrapped the wires around snap fasteners at the end of each stripe in the fabric.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 May 2023
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After that section of the city became part of East Germany in 1949, the country’s rulers demolished it to signal their break with the past.
—Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 4 May 2023
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Since Bieber went on the injured list right after the All-Star break with a sore right elbow, the Guards have gone with a four-man rotation along with a bullpen game to take the fifth turn.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 29 July 2023
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Besides breaking with the past, Saturday and Friday at times varied from hour to hour, going from wet to dry and back again.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
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