pull apart
Example Sentences
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On Earth, the crust is broken into moving plates that collide, pull apart, and grind past one another.
From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026
"But they don't seem to smoothly pull apart - they go through these pulses of higher activity. And this is likely what we're seeing right now in the Reykjanes."
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024
As the plates pull apart, new magma rises up to fill the gaps, triggering earthquakes and volcanic activity.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023
“About 750 million years ago, the supercontinent began to thin and pull apart like warm taffy because of expansion of the continental crust,” Sandra H.B.
From National Geographic • Oct. 13, 2023
Kneeling before the fire, I pull apart the coals and place the groundnuts in them.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
