fault line
noun
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Her position reflects a fault line in global sport.
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Kara Fox, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Then, in 2020, the pandemic shook open deep fault lines in the social landscape, unleashing reserves of everyday cruelty and divisiveness whose flow has not yet abated.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Most canyon trails follow a fault line limiting range of vision.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Coming into the world in 1996, the Nike Air Rift paid homage to the fault line in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, per Nike, by featuring a split upper.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
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Kara Fox, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Then, in 2020, the pandemic shook open deep fault lines in the social landscape, unleashing reserves of everyday cruelty and divisiveness whose flow has not yet abated.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Most canyon trails follow a fault line limiting range of vision.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Coming into the world in 1996, the Nike Air Rift paid homage to the fault line in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, per Nike, by featuring a split upper.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fault line
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“Fault line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fault%20line. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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