How to Use break into in a Sentence

break into

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  • Click here to read our story on how to break into the industry.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • Occhicone shot and killed Artzner and then broke into the home.
    — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • The crowd then broke into huge cheers as the siblings appeared emotional onstage.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • Fans broke into song and some were moved to tears as Argentina passed to the Round of 16.
    — Delia Sauer, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • One day, an eleven-year-old Jones and some friends broke into the neighborhood rec center to feast on soda and ice cream.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026
  • Text is broken into words, sub-words and characters; images into grid-like patches.
    — Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026
  • Bad is one of two sets by Jackson that have missed out on breaking into the top 10 by only a few spaces.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The development is broken into a sequence of buildings that rise gradually across the site.
    — Bridget Borgobello july 04, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
  • The emotions of the moment overwhelmed Gakpo, who immediately broke into tears.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
  • The 29-year-old Canale only broke into the national team squad in March after a middling career.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • Amid the photos, though, the model shared comments about photographers breaking into the town hall during the couple's nuptials.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Once work was broken into repeatable motions, the factory gained something more powerful than the spindle.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The same year, an intruder broke into the Pelosis' home and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, fracturing his skull.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Taylor was shot in her bed by Louisville police officers executing a no-knock raid and using a battering ram to break into her apartment.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • This time around, Perry breaks into the top 20 for the first time in her career on the Billboard Global Excl.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Whenever someone reaches the top of the 82-feet cliff — often for the first time — spectators, instructors and climbers break into applause.
    — Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The truth is, even the most successful professionals didn’t immediately break into the industry on their first attempt.
    — Venkata Kondepati, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That passion was evident throughout the evening as supporters periodically broke into song.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • But on the plus side, American players are increasingly breaking into these top European leagues, White said.
    — ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • Police in Burr Ridge, Illinois, issued a warning Tuesday about burglars using distractions to break into homes.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Whenever someone reaches the top of the 25-meter (82-feet) cliff — often for the first time — spectators, instructors and climbers break into applause.
    — ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • It is expected there will now be a greater focus on creating value from academy players who cannot break into the Arsenal first team on a regular basis but have the quality to play at a high level.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • All this to say, there is a lot of room for new shows to break into the Outstanding Drama Series category, but not many certified hits both on a commercial and critical level to be a shoo-in.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 6 July 2026
  • That should benefit open-source model makers such as China's DeepSeek, which have won wide adoption among startups but struggled to break into large businesses due to security concerns.
    — Aditya Soni, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Thieves stole $25,000 worth of rare Pokémon cards after breaking into an Eagan, Minnesota, claw machine arcade last weekend, employees said.
    — Jason Rantala, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • In 2017, the brand attempted to break into Hollywood by sponsoring the Golden Globes, launching a five-year partnership, but was affected by the global pandemic.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • In total, Saibari registered 42 goals and 29 assists in 142 appearances for PSV since breaking into the senior team in 2022.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • On the night of June 30 to July 1, robbers broke into the Centre archéologique du Montans and stole a clay vase full of ancient coins, once again, with what appears to be minimal difficulty, according to the French report.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026
  • Chavarría and her boyfriend Jorge Isaac Agüero, 30, were killed after multiple men broke into their home early in the morning on July 4 and fired multiple bullets, reported local outlet La Nación, citing local authorities.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • Yes, the same Time Laser that franchise legends Britney Haynes, Danielle Reyes, and Frankie Grande set off three years ago after breaking into the Big Brother 23 house and unwittingly unleashing the Big Brother multiverse.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026

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