fracture
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This deep ecumenical fracture won't be healed for some time after the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The following day organisers were dealt a major blow when reigning 10,000m champion Eilish McColgan pulled out with a foot fracture.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Half of Americans report feeling divided from one another; a recent Stanford study gives this fracture a sharper name: the “empathy perception gap.”
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Over time, those crystals may accumulate and block the fracture.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
I remember Caleb telling her that it would only take a month to mend, because it was a hairline fracture.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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He later suffered three back fractures, and to this day the pain is still there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
"People are coming in with burns and fractures from being trapped under objects due to the earthquake, and ambulances are constantly bringing in injured people," NHK quoted one hospital employee as saying.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
But there were no obvious bone fractures, open wounds or visible parasites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Heated debates over slavery, the constitution and the economic and political system created clear fractures among the population.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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
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Ioan, who broke both arms, and suffered a fractured rib and perforated bowel, said he wished his dad was still here to "watch me grow up and be my dad".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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
But it’s also a savvy, deliberative portrait of leadership in a fractured time, with a unique takeaway: Knowing oneself is as essential to the job as knowing who one’s friends and enemies are.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
That fractured largely along timing and the percentage cut owed to Roh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
A spiderweb of silver duct tape holds the fractured window together.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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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
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
This fracturing was clear at the last general election two years ago, even if the make-up of the House of Commons afterwards didn't really reflect it.
From BBC ● May 3, 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
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