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
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
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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