fracture

Example Sentences

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The rail fracture must have been so slight that it did not interrupt the electrical current running through the track, since this would have automatically triggered alarm systems and halted rail traffic, he added.

From Barron's

A fracture in a straight section of track "occurred prior to the passage" of a high-speed train that derailed, causing last Sunday's rail disaster in which 45 people died, an initial report has found.

From BBC

But the alliance between Yemen's two Gulf state partners has fractured.

From BBC

They informed him that quarterback Bo Nix had fractured his ankle on the team’s final drive.

From The Wall Street Journal

Oozing slop seeps into the fractures of our separate realities, pushing our divisions further apart as digital deepfakes imitate life in ways that are increasingly difficult to detect.

From Salon