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There was a sincerity about our desire to connect with it, to know how to be with it; everything during that time felt tectonic, urgent.

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The upper layers of the Earth in the vast Pacific region are split into sections - tectonic plates - which are all moving relative to one another.

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Her sounds careen and resonate in avant-garde ways that feel primal, even tectonic.

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Afghanistan is very prone to earthquakes because of its location on top of a number of fault lines where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.

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The country is very prone to earthquakes because it is located on top of a number of fault lines where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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