Lincoln said no state had a legal right to secede the Union could not be broken.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

The Union commander, General Meade, was told that the Confederate attack had been broken.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

He wanted to re-join the ties that the Civil War had broken.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

The ribbon he had used to tie the wrists was broken.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.

VOA: special.2010.09.17

Some anti-fascist demonstrators had earlier broken through the BBC security barriers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23