fracture

Example Sentences

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New technologies such as hydraulic fracturing have turned it from major importer to exporter.

From Barron's

The past few days have renewed fears in Europe that the Western alliance is fracturing.

From The Wall Street Journal

As these sudden drainages took place, the glacier surface began to fracture in unexpected ways.

From Science Daily

She spoke softly with her blonde hair tied back in a bun while her lawyers asked that she be given proper medical treatment, including an xray of potentially bruised ribs and a fracture.

From BBC

The cracks were wide and relationships fracturing as he spoke.

From BBC