fracturing

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Reagan amid the tumult and tectonic fracturing of the 1960s Civil Rights and Free Speech movements.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

This fracturing was clear at the last general election two years ago, even if the make-up of the House of Commons afterwards didn't really reflect it.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

This particular form of instability—in which electoral outcomes haven’t caught up with voters’ frustrations—has long plagued polities on the Continent, where proportional voting systems accelerate the fracturing of authority in parliaments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

According to the researchers, these signals likely originate from dynamic rock fracturing processes that take place before an eruption.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

The black gun hit the deck, its grip fracturing on impact.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee