fracturing

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Reigning champion Marc Marquez - Alex's brother - missed the race after fracturing his foot in France last weekend.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Asian countries are rationing fuel, governments are emptying their crude-oil stockpiles, airlines are canceling thousands of flights, and Middle East alliances are fracturing.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Reagan amid the tumult and tectonic fracturing of the 1960s Civil Rights and Free Speech movements.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Dan Boston, lead fund manager at Polar Capital, called the Strait of Hormuz an “interesting conundrum,” because it shows how fragile global supply chains have become in a fracturing world order.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Are they part of a global tectonic system, produced perhaps by fracturing of an expanding or contracting planet?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan