fault line

NOUN

line of rock displacement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rift

WEAK

break crack fault fault trace fault trend fracture geological fault split

Example Sentences

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In Moerdijk, that dilemma is no longer abstract; it's immediate, and it is set to reshape the lives of Jaco, Andrea, Jacques and everyone living on the fault line of the green transition.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 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

He cited safety concerns—the plant sits on a fault line.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

Seeing her so changed made me feel as if I stood on a fault line and any moment my whole life might crack apart.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry