broach

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We had barely broached the airport perimeter when he pulled to a halt, and a second man climbed into the front passenger seat.
我們還沒開出機場地界他就把車停了下來，另外一個男人上了車，坐在司機旁邊。
One idea broached was expanding the number of networks that rotate carrying the awards, according to the people familiar with the meeting.
據(jù)知情人士透露，提議之一是擴大輪流轉(zhuǎn)播艾美獎的電眡臺的數(shù)目。
Tess, meanwhile, as the one who had dragged her parents into this quagmire, was silently wondering what she could do to help them out of it; and then her mother broached her scheme.
同時，苔絲因爲是把她的父母拖進泥淖的人，所以心裡一直在默不作聲地磐算著怎樣幫助他們從泥淖裡擺脫出來；後來，她母親就開始同苔絲商量她的計劃。

He broached the subject of taking her off life support and our mom became hysterical.
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My social circle was shocked when I first shyly broached the subject of church.
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That letter informed the two automakers that Tracinda had broached the subject with General Motors.
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When you broach a subject, especially a sensitive one, you mention it in order to start a discussion on it.
to cause (a sailing vessel) to swerve sharply and dangerously or (of a sailing vessel) to swerve sharply and dangerously in a following sea, so as to be broadside to the waves
a long tapered toothed cutting tool for enlarging holes