fracture

Massive pieces of floating ice can remain intact for years as they drift, then gradually fracture into smaller sections that may become difficult to track.

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

In Hadjar's case, the Frenchman suffered what Red Bull describe as a "minor fracture" while doing a boxing exercise which is part of his normal gym routine.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

GM has stated that in the event of a spindle fracture, anti-lock brakes, stability control and traction control remain functional until the vehicle comes to a complete stop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The huge fracture on the forehead is unmistakable.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Their arrival will end the couple’s self-imposed exile in California, but won’t necessarily heal the fractures with the rest of the family that prompted them to leave the U.K. six years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

He later suffered three back fractures, and to this day the pain is still there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

South East England relies more heavily on groundwater - where rainfall is stored beneath the surface in pore spaces and fractures in the rock.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Larger fractures might transport more water under ideal conditions, but turbulence makes even those situations much less favorable.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Nor is the absence of fractures and cuts on an ancient skeleton conclusive proof that the person to whom the skeleton belonged did not die a violent death.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages is leaning toward surgery to repair the fractured left hand he sustained after being hit by a 100-mph sinker from Pittsburgh pitcher Bubba Chandler on Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

At the Women's European Championship that followed, Bronze was instrumental in England retaining the trophy, starting every game despite suffering a fractured tibia on the eve of the tournament.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

They paint the clearest picture yet of the off-site medical care received by immigrants in the custody of the federal government before the payment system fractured.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The closeness of the race only underscores one of El-Sayed’s challenges going ahead: reuniting a fractured party after a bitter primary campaign.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

Her eyes were blue like Jason’s, but they gleamed with fractured light, like she’d just come out of a bunker after a nuclear war - hungrily searching for familiar details in a changed world.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

It didn’t explicitly say investigators believe a bird strike led to the engine fan blade fracturing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

Burning natural gas also causes significant air pollution in the form of nitric oxides, sulfur, mercury and particulates, while hydraulic fracturing or "fracking," can contaminate ground water supplies.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

But while he finished a respectable fourth, he needed hospital treatment after fracturing a leg he had previously broken.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Their relationship, he knew, had been at the point of fracturing.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger