fault line
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Towns stretching out northwest from Pamukkale along a geological fault line tap into increasingly hotter supplies of steam and water surging up from underground.
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Barry Neild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
That sluggish growth deepened religious and ethnic fault lines and allowed political opportunists to foment violence, forcing the authorities to focus on maintaining stability rather than spur economic transformation.
—Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2025
The buildup of stress at the fault line eventually exceeds the frictional forces holding the plates stationary, resulting in the release of energy as an earthquake.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The raid, Jones says, also exposed familiar fault lines in labor and manufacturing.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
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Barry Neild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
That sluggish growth deepened religious and ethnic fault lines and allowed political opportunists to foment violence, forcing the authorities to focus on maintaining stability rather than spur economic transformation.
—Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2025
The buildup of stress at the fault line eventually exceeds the frictional forces holding the plates stationary, resulting in the release of energy as an earthquake.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The raid, Jones says, also exposed familiar fault lines in labor and manufacturing.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Fault line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fault%20line. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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