fissure
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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
Fittingly, the sound creates a crack in one of the home’s windows: Via that fissure, the unfolding apocalypse creeps into their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Asked about the fissure, Cortez Masto responded evenly and with diplomacy.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 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
They had not gone very far when they came upon a great fissure that yawned suddenly black before their feet.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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