fault
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The Seattle Fault Zone helps absorb strain caused by compression in the Earth's crust between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Fault tolerance describes a machine’s ability to operate normally even when its individual components fail or experience disruption.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
From “The Fault Lies in R-Star and in Ourselves,” Sept, 26, 2018:
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Duke McCloud plays the young son of Sarah Snook's character Marissa in hit TV thriller All Her Fault.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026
The most common types of earthquakes are those where two plates meet, as in California along the San Andreas Fault.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing fault
The Smashing Lexicon of Tennis
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