shear

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That’s commonly near the center of the office floor, far from windows and close to permanent shear walls that limit sound intrusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

“You can shear a sheep for life, but you can only slaughter it once” goes an old saying that sportsbooks seem to have heeded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Even though the inner core is solid, it behaves like a softened metal, slowing seismic shear waves and displaying a Poisson's ratio more similar to butter than to steel.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

On the other hand, shear can also create bubbles early in magma that already contains large quantities of gas.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

A long shear of light and then a series of low concussions.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy