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fracture

[frak-cher] / ˈfræk tʃər /


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The attribution to Samuel is based on clues including the location of the tomb, the sumptuousness of the garment, the age of the deceased and an old fracture.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was hard to predict how the center fielder would look at the plate when he returned from a fracture in his left hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

After setting thresholds for what would count as a clinically meaningful benefit, the researchers found little to no effect on the chance of experiencing any fracture.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

I don’t know where this fracture will lead, other than that it won’t be anywhere good.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

Then, I could take a few seconds during that plan to scrape resin over the airlock fracture.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Over time, erosion removed some of the softer surrounding material, leaving the harder carbonate-filled fractures standing out as ridges.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Ariel is also covered in fractures, ridges, and grabens, areas where sections of the crust have dropped below the surrounding terrain.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Kitchen was later moved to the front of the plane to be given CPR, but Linda, who sustained spinal fractures, said nobody told her he had died until two days later.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

As the magma continues to escape, sections of the unsupported ground subside, opening new fractures and vents while feeding further eruptive columns and pyroclastic density currents.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

"Look, man, we can't take him to the hospital," Noodles said as I felt up and down Needles's arms and legs, searching for fractures or anything that seemed out of place.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

We’ve crossed it at all hours in every kind of weather, on foot, on bikes and in cars, talking about school, work, family and, lately, the fractured state of the nation and world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"My mother had a fall and fractured her back and needed care at home so I needed to try and organise that care," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecomu on Thursday was unveiling the country’s draft budget that he will try to push through a fractured parliament.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

A fractured rib from Scotty, the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever discovered, is giving researchers a rare look at dinosaur biology from 66 million years ago.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Streaming forth into the night, the darkness fractured into a hundred fluttering bits like windblown scraps of velvet.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Splintering, fracturing and rampant "mini-lateralism" will only be applauded by Europe's adversaries, they believe.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

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

The film also shows Maddox and her father in a vicious argument inside her car that illustrates the fracturing of their once-close bond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

But Dasch didn't want to deal with them, so Burger was once again left with the job of alleviating the anger and distrust that was fracturing their group.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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