fissure

Example Sentences

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The platinum spike may have come from a volcanic fissure eruption in Iceland rather than an object from space.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

The bus fell into three-metre-wide ice fissure on Friday, Kobzev said in a post on Telegram.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Perhaps the fissure should bring to mind Nordic depression, or familial misadventures in communication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Asked about the fissure, Cortez Masto responded evenly and with diplomacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

A fissure ran across the length of the ceiling and the far end of the cavern collapsed, burying the altar and the pater.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan