Sentence examples similar to break through the dam from inspiring English sources

I know you tried your best to contain the problems until they broke through the dam and spilled out everywhere.

For many people, especially members of minority groups who have been targeted through the use of marijuana laws, this break in the dam of marijuana prohibition is a cause for celebration.

The Missoula Floods, which took place over 40 times in the time span from 15,000 to 13,000 years ago, were caused by Glacial Lake Missoula on the Clark Fork repeatedly being impounded by ice dams then breaking through, with the lake's water rushing over much of eastern Washington in massive surges far larger than the Lake Bonneville Flood.

"And a river running down, if you dam it, it'll break the dam.

"This process will break the dam," the education minister, Francesco Profumo, told reporters in Rome.

Sweeping deregulation would break the dam on capital investment.

One of the 'beaks' broke, but the dam itself has not broken.

The ice dam would retard the flow until there was enough force to break through the barrier, sending the water in a rapid cascade down the slope, much like a flash flood.

H&M's decision broke the dam.

"The Eichmann trial broke the dam of silence.

"Citigroup's action has broken the dam," he said.