fracture
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Vanishing ice and permafrost make glaciers more prone to snapping and the underlying bedrock more likely to fracture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Five-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar will not race again this season after suffering injuries including a neck fracture at the Vuelta a Espana.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
"Over time, they fracture into smaller, harder-to-track pieces that pose hazards to vessels and resource operations."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
“There’s a fracture inside the conservative movement with issues of foreign policy, and mostly Israel,” Spencer said.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
The ambulance doctor couldn’t make out whether Flittman had a fracture or a concussion.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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Maintaining stronger muscles can also support mobility and stability, while stronger bones can reduce vulnerability to fractures.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Changes in temperature, moisture and permafrost may have weakened fractures in the exposed rock, while water entering cracks could have helped destabilise the slope.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
North London area coroner Tony Murphy ruled her cause of death was bronchopneumonia caused by fractures to her rib and sternum fractures sustained in the crash.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“But everyone loses if this relationship spirals. Hundreds of thousands of jobs are potentially at stake on both sides of the border if this relationship fractures further.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
He was a printing veteran whose hands bore the scars of the clunky outdated presses, several fingers misshapen from old fractures and curled inward like claws.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Indeed, in a politically divided America with increasingly fractured international relationships, the aspirational future that Roddenberry envisioned — a future defined by collaboration, inclusivity, diplomacy and hope — can feel out of reach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
But in recent years, that identity has been fractured entirely.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
Instead, the glacier fractured along a different crack.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
In a sport notorious for fractured relationships and bitter splits, Taylor's core team has remained the same from day one with Peters, Hearn and trainer Ross Enamait.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The bedrock had fractured under the power of the blast, and could no longer support the anchor’s weight.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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That raised fresh concerns about the appeal of U.S. assets in a fracturing world — and one where yield is no longer hard to find.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
On the east side, the dam was build atop an ancient landslide of mica schist, a type of rock vulnerable to fracturing that would allow moisture to seep inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
They also revealed dislocations moving from the layer interfaces into the surrounding CoAl layers, helping explain how the material could deform without quickly fracturing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Tower Optical’s viewers narrow attention instead of fracturing it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
The sound of solid iron fracturing was thunderous.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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