The three-foot figure, one of only two known to exist, toppled from its stand and broke into many pieces.
He thought that the figure broke the text into sections, each of which contained the name of a chief.
By 2011, their numbers had risen to over 925,000, and there were expectations that the figure would break one million for the first time in 2012.
Then as he reached the altar, a terrible figure broke from the struggling mass and charged him.
In the next instant, a figure broke out of the jungle.
Its figure of 33.5% efficiency broke the previous record of 30.3%.
And a single figure broke out of the circle, came toward us at a speed possible only to a command suit.
The figure broke the previous record of $290 billion, set in 1992.
A figure broke from the shadows behind a tent and ran in her direction.
Then a figure broke from one of the cages behind them.