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rupture

[ruhp-cher] / ˈrʌp tʃər /






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Even slight jabs, if relentlessly delivered, can undermine, if not rupture, relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

Earthquakes that rupture closer to the surface can produce stronger shaking than deeper events because the seismic energy has less distance to travel before reaching the ground above.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

While the affected goods only comprise about 5% of Canada’s exports to the U.S., “politically the rupture is considerably larger,” Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, said in a weekend note.

From MarketWatch Aug. 23, 2026

Prof Ramesh says a CME occurs when these twisting, looping lines - which resemble braided hair - rupture, throwing out massive clouds of magnetised plasma and gas in space.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The Sunday before he was to officially announce his rupture with Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X came to my home to discuss his plans and give me some necessary documentation.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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

This gave researchers an exceptionally detailed look at how the fault behaves leading up to, during, and after major ruptures.

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

You may not know you have high blood pressure until something goes wrong and that extra pressure ruptures a blood vessel - like a burst pipe – causing a stroke or a heart attack.

From BBC May 15, 2026

I cannot put on paper the idea that I want to scream, as loud as I can, until my throat ruptures.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

A Mercedes-Benz owner heard a “gunshot” sound like Nguyen—a frequent descriptor of these events, according to federal reports—before their car’s glass ruptured.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

But with Hugo Ekitike missing until 2027 with a ruptured Achilles tendon, and Isak's injury struggles, they would be taking a massive risk letting Gakpo leave.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Denmark's Rune, a good friend of Alcaraz, is returning to training after he ruptured his Achilles in October last year.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Tonsianus Sambang was visiting his mother, being treated for a ruptured blood vessel in her brain, when the quake struck.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

You have seen in this conversation that the struggle has ruptured and remade me several times over—in Baltimore, at The Mecca, in fatherhood, in New York.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Other debris comes from components rupturing and antisatellite missile strikes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

In May 2025 he was placed in an induced coma, rupturing his intestine when he collided with a post during a game against Leicester.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The second quake produced nearly triple the shaking energy as the first, with the fault rupturing to the east for more than 100 miles, sending quake energy right into the international airport and La Guaira.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 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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