tectonic
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He stood up, and noticed that the concrete floor had buckled like a tectonic plate.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Kashkari is part of a tectonic shift at the Fed.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
The tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake on July 29 in the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone, where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
The rate at which tectonic plates are moving past one another in Venezuela is similar to how fast seismic strain is accumulating on the San Andreas fault in California, Jones said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
And on a scale as large as a tectonic plate, a little bit of motion combined with a lot of stickiness can build up an enormous amount of energy.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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