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rupture

[ruhp-cher] / ˈrʌp tʃər /






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While the affected goods only comprise about 5% of Canada’s exports to the U.S., “politically the rupture is considerably larger,” Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, said in a weekend note.

From MarketWatch Aug. 23, 2026

Johnson-Thompson achieved the sixth global podium of her career at last year's World Championships - and her third in as many years since recovering from a devastating Achilles rupture.

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

A rupture between the two may have been inevitable, given that they both demonstrate insufferable self-regard.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

It will always be a rupture for the Van Gogh children to leave home.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

I’m not sure that the novel’s carefully observed coming-of-age tale completely syncs with Jeon-Gi’s freakish behavioral ruptures.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

The explosive end of the ceasefire is threatening to reopen ruptures in the oil market that could dent stocks and complicate the Federal Reserve’s inflation fight.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Between the sections where major earthquakes occur are quieter stretches of the fault that appear to absorb stress without producing large ruptures.

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

“You’ll have to go to a hospital. If the appendix ruptures, you may get peritonitis, and the infection will spread.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Denmark's Rune, a good friend of Alcaraz, is returning to training after he ruptured his Achilles in October last year.

From BBC Aug. 20, 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

The water main ruptured in the early hours of July 16, creating a massive sinkhole on Sunset Boulevard and Holloway Drive.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 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

Illnesses have always run through his family—his father died years ago after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, his aunt died from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, and so on—but Vin believed he was better, stronger.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

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

Another example involves a system of faults all primed to rupture, but there’s somehow a delay in a second part of the fault rupturing.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

With the Iran conflict rupturing global energy markets, U.S. crude oil exports rose by $6.4 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 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

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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