fissure

Example Sentences

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a warmer tone at this year’s Munich Security Conference, but European officials say the trans-Atlantic fissure remains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The platinum spike may have come from a volcanic fissure eruption in Iceland rather than an object from space.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

Though most of the film is spent building up to this fissure, “Oh. What. Fun.” stumbles when Claire and her family separate.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

However, there has been little concern to aviation as these recent eruptions are mostly small fissure eruptions with large and slow lava flows - rather than the explosive ash eruption from Eyjafjallajökull.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

Then, at last, Sirius slipped out of sight, and when they reached the place where he had vanished, they saw a narrow fissure in the rock.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling