fault line
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The fault line is one of Southern California’s top seismic danger zones because it runs under dense and crowded areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The row that followed exposed the real fault line that's coming to the surface this summer: not whether to cut carbon or adapt to the heat – but how much to spend on each.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Playing a childless, vain, pitch-perfect vision of Los Angeles’ wickedness in “Maps to the Stars,” Julianne Moore mothered so hard she almost separated California right down the San Andreas fault line.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
He astutely flags “medical gatekeeping” as an emerging fault line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
Seeing her so changed made me feel as if I stood on a fault line and any moment my whole life might crack apart.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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