fissure
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Its release was surrounded by chatter of a fissure between the two leads, and the pair have since feuded publicly about each other’s behavior during and after filming.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 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
At first, you don't notice them but as soon as you see one, you start to see them everywhere - hundreds of them, in every fissure and crevice.
From BBC • May 27, 2025
The son of Nemesis fell through a fissure that went straight through the heart of the mountain-—straight into open air.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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