1. He and four partners broke even just eight months after raising almost a million dollars in 2011.

2. South Sudan has seen continuous fighting since its civil war broke out in December 2013.

3. The numbers tell a story of crude buying up to last Thursday, when oil broke above $50.

4. We were just about broke in 2006.

5. Reuters broke the news of his impending visit on May 6.

6. South Sudan experienced decades of war with Sudan, which it peacefully broke away from in 2011.

7. Violence broke out across Kenya after a disputed election in 2007.

8. Juan Carlos has undergone several surgeries and broke his hip in 2012.

9. Crews broke ground in late 2013; the building is slated to open in late 2016.

10. The last time total VC investments broke the $40 billion milestone was in 2001.

11. The thing that broke us down the most was our own minds.

12. Most had escaped by the time a second fire broke out inside the cabin.

13. Pao said she broke it off after learning the man had never left his wife.

14. One of the fires broke out Monday when a car ran off a highway.

15. One man was taken to the hospital after he broke his arm while fleeing.