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Notoriously arrogant comedy legend Kent Romero might first bring to mind Chevy Chase for readers, perhaps even 1980s stars like Judge Reinhold, but with his Venezuelan-American background, he was also inspired by real-life groundbreakers like Freddie Prinze.—Lee Kelly, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026 And that's like a groundbreaker too.—Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026 Broken Spanish, Ray Garcia’s modern Mexican groundbreaker, has been reborn, with some of its signatures intact.—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 And Casals, a majors champion 12 times over and tennis groundbreaker in many ways, along with Brian Snerson, the co-founder of Essex Wealth Management, were the benefit’s two big honorees.—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for groundbreaker