fissure
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Volcanoes in Iceland are capable of producing fissure eruptions that last for years or even decades, consistent with the 14 year platinum signal.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
Fittingly, the sound creates a crack in one of the home’s windows: Via that fissure, the unfolding apocalypse creeps into their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The bus fell into three-metre-wide ice fissure on Friday, Kobzev said in a post on Telegram.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Like the fissure between Tim and Millie, the cracks in our once-perfect relationship formed so gradually I didn’t even notice them.
From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025
Now he wedged his claws into a fissure and stretched upwards, gaining inch by inch.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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