fissure
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The fossil remains were recovered from fissure deposits located on both sides of the Bristol Channel in southern Wales and southwest England.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
The bus fell into three-metre-wide ice fissure on Friday, Kobzev said in a post on Telegram.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Though most of the film is spent building up to this fissure, “Oh. What. Fun.” stumbles when Claire and her family separate.
From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025
Perhaps the fissure should bring to mind Nordic depression, or familial misadventures in communication.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
The fissure split and grew, like those scenes in disaster movies when an earthquake cracks the streets apart and chases the hero.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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