rupture

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Previous studies based on seismic recordings suggested that earthquakes like this may involve a pulse-like rupture and slightly curved motion along the fault.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

"It will take decades to repair this rupture," one senior official in the Gulf told me.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

One of the myths Okrent tackles involves Sondheim’s supposed rupture with Judy’s husband, whose vision had helped fuel shows such as “Company,” “Follies” and “A Little Night Music.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

The toxic turn between OpenAI and Anthropic fuels distrust and threatens to further rupture consensus around still-evolving safety practices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

High in the gray stone mountains, under a frowning peak, a little spring bubbled out of a rupture in the stone.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck