rupture
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A rupture that crossed Cajon Pass and involved both the San Andreas fault and the San Jacinto fault could affect a much larger area than an earthquake limited to only one fault.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Measles can cause the spleen to enlarge, making it more likely to rupture.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Underneath this united organizational front is a rupture.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
He considers a Lehman-style rupture unlikely, because Beijing doesn’t depend on willing private creditors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The altercation threatened to descend into an acrimonious civil war, and I did my best to prevent a rupture.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
A hemorrhagic stroke is less common than an ischemic stroke, but it is more fatal and occurs when a blood vessel leaks or ruptures in the brain, according to the Mayo Clinic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
According to the researchers, that configuration resembles conditions seen in the model before past ruptures that crossed both fault systems.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
The explosive end of the ceasefire is threatening to reopen ruptures in the oil market that could dent stocks and complicate the Federal Reserve’s inflation fight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"It becomes an extremely focused, extremely weak surface, which makes it easier for ruptures to propagate all the way to the seafloor."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
When a fault ruptures, the energy travels in four kinds of seismic waves.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
The small business has since ruptured in spectacular fashion, triggering firings and lawsuits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Notwithstanding a history that dates at least to the baptism of Clovis I in Reims in 496, the relationship between church and state was ruptured by the French Revolution and has never fully recovered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
In some cases preserved in the geologic record, the two systems may have ruptured only minutes or hours apart.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Lancaster County coroner Stephen Diamantoni, a Republican, has said one of the two infants died of a ruptured spleen rather than measles itself.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
A seal ruptured and green seawater sprayed in.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
The Phantom’s front landing collapsed, piercing the floorboard under the cockpit and rupturing the charge on his ejection seat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
She had to undergo surgery after rupturing her Achilles tendon on her take-off leg and so, rather than competing in Paris ended up commentating for the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
One fault rupturing could prompt a nearby fault — almost already to rupture — to go off in a quake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
On Friday, authorities described the tank exploding or rupturing as the only possible outcomes, but on Saturday Covey said: "Letting this thing just fail and blow up is unacceptable."
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
I had to hold the phone from my eardrum for fear of him rupturing it.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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