rupture
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General Motors GM -0.34%decrease; red down pointing triangle and federal auto regulators are probing the crash of a pickup that injured a passenger after its air bag ruptured.
Myanmar's military has ruled the country for most of its post-independence history, presenting itself as the only force capable of guarding the fractious Southeast Asian nation from rupture and ruin.
From Barron's
None of those earlier swarms resulted in a major quake on the Calaveras fault, which hasn’t ruptured in modern history.
From Los Angeles Times
Earthquakes are usually chaotic and difficult to study, but this one occurred along an unusually straight and geologically "mature" fault, creating nearly ideal conditions to examine how energy is released during a major continental rupture.
From Science Daily
Inside, they found Thomas going into septic shock due to a ruptured appendix, according to a report from the San Bernardino County coroner’s office.
From Los Angeles Times
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