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fracture

[frak-cher] / ˈfræk tʃər /


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Talking about songwriting devices, here’s a trademark Akriila move: A song may be moving forward, and suddenly there’s a fracture — everything breaks and decomposes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Von der Leyen told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that, as democracies face a "fracture in the international rules-based system", Brussels and Ottawa needed to pull closer together.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

Arctic cyclones often bring unusually warm, turbulent conditions that can shrink and fracture sea ice.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Ten minutes later, in the port side gunnel just below the mast, they found a small fracture in the wood.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Older adults are also more likely to suffer fractures, while younger children are more likely to sustain head and neck injuries.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

"In order to create those fractures, you have to have either a really thin ice on a really big ocean, or a higher eccentricity and a smaller ocean," Patthoff said.

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

Based on the findings, the researchers say the evidence "does not support routine supplementation with calcium or vitamin D, or combined supplementation to prevent fractures and falls."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

The story moves forward in a series of painful unravelings—the school is scandalized; a family fractures; a gay relationship is revealed; a deep friendship between two boys rips apart.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

The idea of one song taking hold among the entire nation’s teenagers is even more ridiculous now that streaming has fractured the musical monoculture.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 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

One of the biggest obstacles is fractured ownership.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

But if you want to lead a world-class city, you need to have world-class answers on the big stuff like housing and homelessness and on the basics, too, like fractured sidewalks and neglected parks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Mom, Abbey, and I pushed together to slide the bone- fish skiff off the trailer, since Dad’s hands were still tender from the fractured bones.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

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

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

There’s a ship leaving the harbor, its whistle resigned as an abbot in prayer, fracturing the dusk.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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