fault line
noun
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Most often, quake swarms are caused by fluids — typically water — interacting with fault lines, the federal agency said.
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The country feels dangerously fractured, and one of those fault lines runs straight through our state.
—Phil Morris The Minnesota Star Tribune, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026
Before the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the ensuing wars in the Balkans, TLN sketches identified the societal fault lines that would come to be central in the violence.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Education emerged as a key fault line.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Dec. 2025
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The country feels dangerously fractured, and one of those fault lines runs straight through our state.
—Phil Morris The Minnesota Star Tribune, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026
Before the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the ensuing wars in the Balkans, TLN sketches identified the societal fault lines that would come to be central in the violence.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Education emerged as a key fault line.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Dec. 2025
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“Fault line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fault%20line. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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