faults
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A 2011 Boeing service letter described past failures in the bearing assembly, but didn’t find that the faults posed a safety of flight problem.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Studying the fault system is challenging because most of the faults are hidden underground and cannot be directly observed at the surface.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
But double faults started to creep into her game and Parry reeled Raducanu back in before taking charge to wrap up the opener.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Scientists have long noticed that underwater earthquakes along these faults often remain smaller than geological conditions might otherwise permit, as though some natural mechanism limits their maximum size.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
“You know,” she confided to Adams, “my friendship for that gentleman has lived through his faults and errors—to which I have not been blind. I believe he remains our friend.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
