big break


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big break

A fortuitous moment, opportunity, or turn of events of great consequence, especially as relates to one's career. He had been writing for years, but his big break came when his third novel became a huge international bestseller. I had a big break when a movie director saw me in an improv group and offered me an audition for his new film.
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[USA], June 23 (ANI): Black Chyna's former friend Andre Xcellence claimed that the reality star robbed him of his big break as an openly gay rapper.
Blac Chyna's former friend alleges she robbed him of his 'big break'
She also said it is never too late for one to dream, sharing to her fans how she only got her big break at 30 years old.
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Dixon began his career in 2005 at Dundee when Duffy was manager and it was the current Morton boss who gave the Dundee United full-back his big break.
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Council officials revoked the Big Break Snooker Club's licence at an uncontested hearing yesterday morning.
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Purr along, Tobann, Wannabe Better and Big Break are all entered in the leopardstown race, and should any of them win this Group 3 they will be entitled to a full entry fee refund if declared for the Matron Stakes on September 13.
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A big break came the following year when he landed a plum position as special adviser to Ken Clarke, then newly promoted to employment minister in Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet.
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Congratulations to three lucky Mirror readers, who are now each PS1,000 better off after winning our Big Break competition in association with Bacs, the people behind Direct Debit.
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Sharp was on the losing side in a 1-0 defeat by Partick in 1979 but it didn't stop him getting his big break the following season.
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HER BIG BREAK: Willow was touring a foreclosed home with her mom, a realtor, when she realized she'd saved enough to put a down payment on the property.
Living the dream: these girls aren't just thinking about what they want to be when they grow up--they've already launched full-fledged careers. Here, they share how they turned their dream jobs into reality and offer their secrets to creating your own recipe for success
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Anne Hathaway got her first big break in 'The Princess Diaries', a world away from her most recent role in the iconic leather one piece of Catwoman in Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight Rises'.
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