fault line

Example Sentences

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Playing a 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

“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 • Jan. 19, 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