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Playing a childless, vain, pitch-perfect vision of Los Angeles’ wickedness in “Maps to the Stars,” Julianne Moore mothered so hard she almost separated California right down the San Andreas fault line.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

But Wales's decision to include glass has become a major fault line with industry representatives.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The fault line exposed now is that private credit is being offered to retail investors and wealthy individuals whose liquidity preferences are different from sophisticated, more patient institutional investors.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

He astutely flags “medical gatekeeping” as an emerging fault line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

You don’t know that when a memo arrives to confirm the assignment, some deep and unseen fault line in your life has begun to tremble, that some hold is already starting to slip.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama



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