<?php
$subject=
"Damon Carson Stovall,
Bret Roman Mikulak,
Jack Filiberto Quirke,
Elroy Forrest Jarnagin,
Ulysses Wiley Cregger,
Brent Greg Jonah,
Bret Armand Daylong,
Ned Numbers Vandell,
Bret Alden Cutlip,
Bret Chung Markie,";
preg_match_all( '/(Bret\s+[^,]+)/', $subject, $matches);
foreach( $matches[1] as $bret)
echo $bret . "\n";
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