rupture
Example Sentences
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They find a sensible course even against the ruptures history throws at them.
The fracture -- coming just over a week after she had ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee -- sent Vonn to the Ca' Foncello hospital in the city of Treviso, north of Venice.
From Barron's
A romantic rupture, or dissatisfaction, wasn’t an uncommon revelation.
From Los Angeles Times
The sinkhole was believed to have been caused by a ruptured sewage pipe.
From BBC
Glanville was told her left implant had a “slow leak,” while her right implant was “completely ruptured.”
From Los Angeles Times
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