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rupture

[ruhp-cher] / ˈrʌp tʃər /






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Prof Ramesh says a CME occurs when these twisting, looping lines - which resemble braided hair - rupture, throwing out massive clouds of magnetised plasma and gas in space.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Yet the images of ebullient arrivals to Spain, a portion of them minors and some wearing only swimsuits and flip-flops, have already spread far and wide, threatening a rupture in relations with Rabat.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

It is not clear what caused the second rupture.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Riyadh can’t rupture the relationship with its principal security partner.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Pomp, who suffered the sickness as a child, circulates with me among the afflicted, bathing them comfortably and urging them to resist scratching and worrying at the sores, lest they rupture.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

"It becomes an extremely focused, extremely weak surface, which makes it easier for ruptures to propagate all the way to the seafloor."

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

The catastrophic explosion occurs when a pressurized vessel containing a liquid ruptures.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

You may not know you have high blood pressure until something goes wrong and that extra pressure ruptures a blood vessel - like a burst pipe – causing a stroke or a heart attack.

From BBC May 15, 2026

“As soon as the Achilles ruptures, things are going the wrong way,” said O’Malley.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

When a fault ruptures, the energy travels in four kinds of seismic waves.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Hunt left that day unable to walk, and a scan would show she had fully ruptured a tendon in her quadriceps.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Tommy John, who ruptured a ligament in his left elbow in 1974, agreed to a radical surgery that revived his career and changed baseball.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Tonsianus Sambang was visiting his mother, being treated for a ruptured blood vessel in her brain, when the quake struck.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

In May 2024, a well ruptured unexpectedly at a Texas site, causing the loss of as much as 400,000 barrels, the GAO report said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The veterinarian said that if it was ruptured, the horse’s career was over.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

In May 2025 he was placed in an induced coma, rupturing his intestine when he collided with a post during a game against Leicester.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The second quake produced nearly triple the shaking energy as the first, with the fault rupturing to the east for more than 100 miles, sending quake energy right into the international airport and La Guaira.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

On Friday, authorities described the tank exploding or rupturing as the only possible outcomes, but on Saturday Covey said: "Letting this thing just fail and blow up is unacceptable."

From Barron's May 23, 2026

"In the case of the SFZ, we don't fully understand the rupture dynamics at depth, but they're rupturing more frequently and pretty close to home."

From Science Daily May 19, 2026

I had to hold the phone from my eardrum for fear of him rupturing it.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd




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