From these images (displayed left), the team searched for faint galaxies that are visible in the infrared but whose spectra abruptly break off at a critical wavelength known as the Lyman fracture.

Source: https://www.mutiny.in/the-james-webb-space-telescope-detects-the-most-distant-galaxies/

Large chunks of ice break off onto the bottom of the basin, adding to the existing jumble of icebergs left behind by the Suicide Glacier’s retreat.

Source: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/08/14/why-this-years-record-glacial-outburst-flood-likely-wont-be-juneaus-worst/

Luckily, they still win over one investor, who's about to break off and start her own firm, securing the funding the Rosebud Motel needs.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/best-schitts-creek-episodes-imdb/

Much like bonobos, muriqui females are the same size as males, meaning they have a lot of autonomy, and in muriqui societies, females break off from the group to seek partners.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/06/26/a-scientists-4-decade-quest-to-save-the-biggest-monkey-in-the-americas/

The derailment also caused the wheelsets on one of the rail cars to break off.

Source: https://www.limaohio.com/top-stories/2023/02/22/railroad-releases-cause-of-delphos-derailment/

The protest overnight in Baghdad was staged at the urging of Muqtada al-Sadr, an influential Shiite cleric who called for the Iraqi government to break off diplomatic relations with Sweden.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/world/middleeast/iraq-sweden-embassy.html

When deep vein thrombosis is detected many patients worry that being physically active may cause the clot to break off and travel to the lungs.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1729326/blood-clot-symptoms-postphlebitic-syndrome