fault line
noun
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Then a lack of confidence multiplies the fault lines.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
An empathy gap is obvious in online commenters who suggest, for example, that flood victims earned their fate through the foolhardy choice to live near water, that earthquake victims shouldn’t have lived near fault lines, and so on.
—Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
But among countries separated by geopolitical fault lines, counterterrorism assistance has become more cumbersome and less frequent.
—Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2024
Advertisement The case amplified many American fault lines, among them race, politics, crime, urban life, mental illness and homelessness.
—Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
An empathy gap is obvious in online commenters who suggest, for example, that flood victims earned their fate through the foolhardy choice to live near water, that earthquake victims shouldn’t have lived near fault lines, and so on.
—Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
But among countries separated by geopolitical fault lines, counterterrorism assistance has become more cumbersome and less frequent.
—Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2024
Advertisement The case amplified many American fault lines, among them race, politics, crime, urban life, mental illness and homelessness.
—Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Fault line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fault%20line. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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