rupture
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The overture came after Prime Minister Carney addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg, telling EU lawmakers that Canada and Europe were "stronger together" in the face of "geopolitical rupture".
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Residents in Maine's frontier towns express worry that the tariffs have also triggered a rupture in cross-border relationships built up over decades, and that the intricate community fabric could take years to repair.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Then there was a rupture in the relationship and Musk departed, although they seem to have mended fences.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Wednesday’s rupture forced officials to shut down Normandie Avenue from Franklin Avenue to De Mille Drive, Workman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Her hands were bony, and there were veins so close to the surface that it looked like you could rupture her skin if you touched her too hard.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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Thomas and Erika arrive in a Germany torn apart and the ruptures within their family are nearly as tumultuous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
These included radiocarbon dating, unusual patterns recorded in tree rings, and historical records describing ruptures that broke the ground surface.
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
The catastrophic explosion occurs when a pressurized vessel containing a liquid ruptures.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
When a fault ruptures, the energy travels in four kinds of seismic waves.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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The Rams on Wednesday placed Turner on injured reserve because of a groin strain, and Ford is out for the season because of a ruptured triceps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 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
However, Goldfinger said the team identified three events during the past 1,500 years when Cascadia and the northern San Andreas appear to have ruptured within minutes to hours of each other.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
In the 1980s, freezes ruptured oranges’ cell membranes and turned new growth black.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
He accidentally hit a gas main that had ruptured during the earthquake.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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He has not played competitively since 2024 after rupturing an Achilles tendon in March 2025 and having back surgery last October.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Another example involves a system of faults all primed to rupture, but there’s somehow a delay in a second part of the fault rupturing.
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
The quakes occur about every five to six years, repeatedly rupturing nearly the same sections of the fault and reaching nearly identical magnitudes.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 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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