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breach
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breach
1. the act of a whale in breaking clear of the water
2. the breaking of sea waves on a shore or rock
3. an obsolete word for wound


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Once private employer- and union-based programs stepped into the breach, the opportunity for and demand for public solutions was lessened, further privileging privately-run (if often publicly-subsidized) solutions.
Billionaire Eli Broad and Mayor Richard Riordan stepped into the breach, gathering a $10 million commitment from Arco and $25 million from the Walt Disney Co.
Congress stepped into the breach earlier this year with $328 million to strengthen USDA's homeland security preparedness.
 
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