fault line
noun
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Turkey sits on major fault lines, making earthquakes frequent throughout the country.
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Hollie Silverman
adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
And in The American Prospect, David Dayen wrote that the Epstein ordeal is also a legitimate policy issue that exposes fault lines in America’s justice system.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 16 July 2025
And there are other cracks in the economy that could rapidly evolve into fault lines, such as the number of people continuing to receive unemployment benefits hitting a four-year high and consumers reining in their spending.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
But unequal access to land has locked in deep disparities along the fault lines of race, class, and gender.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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Hollie Silverman
adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
And in The American Prospect, David Dayen wrote that the Epstein ordeal is also a legitimate policy issue that exposes fault lines in America’s justice system.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 16 July 2025
And there are other cracks in the economy that could rapidly evolve into fault lines, such as the number of people continuing to receive unemployment benefits hitting a four-year high and consumers reining in their spending.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
But unequal access to land has locked in deep disparities along the fault lines of race, class, and gender.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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“Fault line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fault%20line. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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