- a variation of krater.
crater
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The impact carved out a crater 728 feet wide, roughly the length of two football fields.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Scientists reported on September 16 in Science Advances that it is the largest newly formed crater ever identified in the solar system.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Traffic cones have been placed around the crater, and AFP reported that waves pounding the sea front can be seen "lapping in the hole and rushing out again under the stanchions that support the home".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The trouble with this approach is that when there’s a bump in the economy — stocks dip, bonds crater, inflation rises or there’s global chaos — you may have to adjust your lifestyle.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The larger crater was about eight feet deep.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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The smallest craters that scientists can reliably detect in LRO images are around 30 feet across, about the length of a three-story building lying on its side.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
While the Moon has numerous craters, many of which are far bigger than McGetchin, researching a crater's formation in real time can help build understanding of the Moon's geology.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
If demand craters, Nvidia will still be on the hook for purchases of inputs from its supply chain—a problem that only grows with its soaring commitments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
He said his telescopes allowed people to see the solar event in detail, including craters on the moon.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Similar blast craters had crumbled a middle tier, where there were a handful of seats for spectating.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
If now the telescope be directed to Alkes, there will be found, following him at a distance of 42·5 s, and about one minute southerly, a small red star, R. Crateris.
From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor
This is R Crateris, now known to be variable from above the 8th magnitude to below the 9th.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
The star Alkes, or α Crateris, must first be found.
From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor
The southern surface is dominated by tall mountains and heavily cratered terrain, while the northern hemisphere consists largely of broad, low-lying plains.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
According to a Washington Post report, revenues dropped precipitously when he announced the change and then completely cratered when his name was added.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Each attempt went bust when global economic downturns cratered the semiconductor market and sent chip prices plummeting.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
South Korea’s Kospi cratered as SK Hynix’s Seoul-listed shares tumbled over 15% despite its historic U.S. trading debut on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
There were crescents and quarters, gibbous and full, and they weren’t charms, they were moons—real miniature moons, cratered and luminous, as though lit by the rays of some distant star.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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What they show is rock-solid economy, fueled by a boom in artificial intelligence, that shows no sign of cratering.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
And Tesla’s stock is cratering after rising capital spending revealed on its earnings call Wednesday spooked investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But the broader policy has remained in place and “the numbers are still cratering on them,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Either way, his poll numbers have been cratering for the last two months.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026
Altogether it is thought–though it is really only a guess, based on extrapolating from cratering rates on the Moon–that some two thousand asteroids big enough to imperil civilized existence regularly cross our orbit.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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