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
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
Perhaps the fissure should bring to mind Nordic depression, or familial misadventures in communication.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
There was a "fissure", a split, in Pelicot's personality.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024
I kept staring at the fissure in the marble floor where two years ago Nico had banished a bunch of bloodthirsty skeletons to the Underworld.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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