friction
Example Sentences
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During this process, intense friction from the initial rupture generates extreme heat at the front of the fault.
From Science Daily
But friction had been brewing in the months before that.
From BBC
This friction causes the particles to collect electrical charges, which are eventually released as short electric arcs only a few centimeters long.
From Science Daily
China, which calls them the Diaoyu islands, routinely sends coast-guard ships into the waters around them to assert its claim, a source of friction with Tokyo.
But that same intensity can create friction in Washington.
From Barron's
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