fracture
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I don’t know where this fracture will lead, other than that it won’t be anywhere good.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
Von der Leyen told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that, as democracies face a "fracture in the international rules-based system", Brussels and Ottawa needed to pull closer together.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
The court heard he suffered a serious traumatic brain injury, a significant skull fracture and a blood clot.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Vanishing ice and permafrost make glaciers more prone to snapping and the underlying bedrock more likely to fracture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Slowly, the glow grew in intensity, filling the Mirror, shining forth at odd angles from every fracture in the glass.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Changes in temperature, moisture and permafrost may have weakened fractures in the exposed rock, while water entering cracks could have helped destabilise the slope.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
It affects roughly one in three women over age 50 and is responsible for millions of fractures each year.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
That means fractures, pores, and other pathways through the rock could play a critical role in determining whether natural hydrogen can be generated efficiently enough to become a practical energy resource.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
North London area coroner Tony Murphy ruled her cause of death was bronchopneumonia caused by fractures to her rib and sternum fractures sustained in the crash.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The wall shuddered again, violently this time, cracks jutting out from the main breaks until the entire wall of ice was riddled with fractures.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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For his part, the unnamed 17-year-old said in a since-deleted social media post that he suffered six fractured vertebrae and a badly bruised tailbone and needed nine stitches in his foot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The inquest heard he was taken to the Grange hospital with a fractured hip, however his condition deteriorated and he died on the 12 August.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
But in recent years, that identity has been fractured entirely.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Instead, the glacier fractured along a different crack.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
A spiderweb of silver duct tape holds the fractured window together.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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The adverse drug test findings that wiped out two years of Conor's career cast a long shadow, fracturing public perception and leaving unanswered questions that still follow him.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
That raised fresh concerns about the appeal of U.S. assets in a fracturing world — and one where yield is no longer hard to find.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The process of hydraulic fracturing ekes out oil from older wells, and involves cracking the bedrock several thousand feet below the seafloor by injecting chemical fluids with intense pressure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
They also revealed dislocations moving from the layer interfaces into the surrounding CoAl layers, helping explain how the material could deform without quickly fracturing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Their relationship, he knew, had been at the point of fracturing.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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