fracture
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The Gofar fault is a deep underwater fracture where the Pacific and Nazca tectonic plates slide past one another at roughly 140 millimeters per year, about as fast as fingernails grow.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
The two-time DP World Tour winner spent seven days in hospital in South Africa, having surgery on a complete fracture of his shoulder, and has now returned to his home in Texas.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
"Offering a powerful reflection of our world, the winners illuminate the realities we face globally; marked by fracture, urgency and yet an innate resilience," according to the World Press Photo statement.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
“What looked like a clean glide path into the weekend could instead fracture into yet another Monday-open negative feedback loop, where price chases headlines and then headlines chase price. “
From MarketWatch • Apr. 19, 2026
“A nondisplaced fracture of the fifth metatarsal. That’s a single clean break in the outermost bone of the foot.”
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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