fault line
noun
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Dozens of earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater were recorded on or around the fault line earlier this month.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
The contagion cut through the fault lines of Liberian society.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Ed’s monstrous behavior under the influence of cortisone shatters the veneer of middle-class gentility to reveal the fault lines repressed beneath it.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Although not connected to any M5 earthquake, a Facebook video showed what looks like a fault line in the ground nearby.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
The contagion cut through the fault lines of Liberian society.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Ed’s monstrous behavior under the influence of cortisone shatters the veneer of middle-class gentility to reveal the fault lines repressed beneath it.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Although not connected to any M5 earthquake, a Facebook video showed what looks like a fault line in the ground nearby.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Fault line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fault%20line. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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