fissure

Example Sentences

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a warmer tone at this year’s Munich Security Conference, but European officials say the trans-Atlantic fissure remains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The fossil remains were recovered from fissure deposits located on both sides of the Bristol Channel in southern Wales and southwest England.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Though most of the film is spent building up to this fissure, “Oh. What. Fun.” stumbles when Claire and her family separate.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

There was a "fissure", a split, in Pelicot's personality.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

A shimmering line cut its way across the black expanse of the pleasure garden, like a bright fissure opening in the earth.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld