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Recent Examples of rupture
Noun
Somewhere between 80-90% of people who suffer a sudden AAA rupture will die before even making it to the emergency room. New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025 Achilles tendon ruptures to three then-Eastern Conference All-Stars have cracked open a championship window for recent perpetual also-rans like the Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers. Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
Likewise, the belief that North Korea’s increasing closeness with Russia will rupture Beijing’s relationship with Pyongyang is misplaced. Shuxian Luo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2025 In his first public comments since rupturing his Achilles in May, Jayson Tatum shared a positive update on his arduous rehab process. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rupture
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rupture
Noun
  • The lawsuit between the two far-right, pro-Trump outlets marks a notable fracture in the once-cohesive world of MAGA media.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Person experiencing joint pain in knee from fracture, with injury highlighted with illustration.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Later level and Ankou rifts (secret battle stages) require adept knowledge of the game’s overlapping combat systems.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In addition, Uncle Fester (Fred Armisen) has a greater presence in Season 2, while Morticia’s mother, Grandmama Hester Frump (Joanna Lumley), shows up at Nevermore as a rift between her daughter and granddaughter develops.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The group routinely calls for removing books at public schools and played a role in Scottsdale Unified School District's decision to pull 16 books from its library shelves in February.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The air fryer itself is easy to clean by pulling the trays out and wiping the inside with a wet cloth.
    Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Drue Tranquill, a linebacker, not a defensive lineman, burst through the line on a blitz for two sacks in the second half.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • So many balls burst through my hands.
    James Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Israel's devastating attack on Gaza, which has killed more than 62,000 Palestinians, including over 18,000 children, is exposing deep ideological fissures on the American Right.
    Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Vegetation also can conceal deep fissures and cracks.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • When there is a schism in trade relations, the deficit country [is] at an advantage.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • An early 20th century conflict for control of the publishing board incited a schism that led to the formation of a new denomination and its own publishing agency, the National Baptist Convention of America and RH Boyd Publishing.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The new 12-night journey will launch in the summer of 2027 aboard the company's ice-breaking Le Commandant Charcot ship and is purposely designed to meet demand for a shorter cruise that still celebrates polar exploration, Ponant shared with Travel + Leisure.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Conclave feels like a very architectural, sparse, mathematical film, [whereas] Ballad felt to me like a chaotic pop opera that explodes at the seams.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Just a couple of years later, his profile exploded.
    Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Rupture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rupture. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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