Words similar to broke

Example sentences for: broke

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Although it attracted little attention when it first broke in Pittsburgh last month (click here to read the Dec. 16 article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ), the story landed on Page 1 of the Globe yesterday, and on the front page of the New York Times today.
When an artilleryman broke and ran, the enemy could turn the guns to their own use.
Mr Muskie broke down before the cameras while defending his wife's honour on a flatbed truck in New Hampshire.
Both the NYT and WP front stories about the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland, which broke off from Somalia five years ago to escape the daily fighting between warlords there.
He broke up a four-decade oligopoly by starting a fourth network, a feat that no one, least of all ABC, CBS, and NBC, thought possible.