fault line
Example Sentences
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The broader region is crisscrossed by active fault lines created as the African Plate presses northeastward against the Hellenic Plate.
From Science Daily
She did not feel it at the time, but she was living on the fault lines of an ugly custody battle between her parents, who both went on to remarry.
From BBC
“The deeper fault line here is not trade flows. It is capital,” wrote Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, in a Sunday note.
From MarketWatch
“The deeper fault line here is not trade flows. It is capital,” wrote Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, in a Sunday note.
From MarketWatch
Thanks to their location close to tectonic plate fault lines, South Pacific islands are surrounded by potentially enormous mineral deposits.
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