rupture

Example Sentences

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As Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, put it in a remarkably direct speech at Davos, the U.S.-led world order is a thing of the past; it has been ruptured.

From Salon

The market rupture was an emergency for America’s largest banks, and as the Fed official best connected on Wall Street, Warsh took a leading role coordinating the Fed’s policy response.

From The Wall Street Journal

They worked, the country didn’t rupture, we endured.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even before his speech in Davos, Carney told reporters in the Chinese capital that the global order was at a "point of rupture."

From BBC

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney seized the world’s attention at Davos last week when he laid out a “rupture” of the world order, adding: “We know the old order is not coming back.”

From MarketWatch