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
Perhaps the fissure should bring to mind Nordic depression, or familial misadventures in communication.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Like the fissure between Tim and Millie, the cracks in our once-perfect relationship formed so gradually I didn’t even notice them.
From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025
However, there has been little concern to aviation as these recent eruptions are mostly small fissure eruptions with large and slow lava flows - rather than the explosive ash eruption from Eyjafjallajökull.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025
I kept staring at the fissure in the marble floor where two years ago Nico had banished a bunch of bloodthirsty skeletons to the Underworld.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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