rupturing

present participle of rupture
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rupturing 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 The Context Willett said a driver was turning onto a road, strayed from it and crashed into the building, rupturing a natural gas line—and left the scene in the vehicle before being found afterward. Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025 Tuesday when a vehicle struck the Eastern Carolina Veterinary Medical Center on New Centre Drive, rupturing a gas line, police said. Doc Louallen, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2025 Neymar only played seven times during his 18-month spell with Al Hilal, after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus in his left knee while playing for Brazil in October 2023. Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rupturing
Verb
  • Laura is frantic about saving Daniel after learning Cherry pushed her father from a construction site, fracturing his spine in two places.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Whispers of a fundamental dispute have burst into public view, fracturing one of the Middle East and North Africa's most pivotal alliances.
    Khaled Hassan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • At the same time, lawmakers had capped the agency’s administrative funding just as tens of millions of Baby Boomers were aging into retirement, exploding Social Security’s rolls.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This upgrade requires packs to withstand thermal runaway without igniting or exploding.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Running back Henry Rutledge is awaiting the results of an MRI for a lower-body injury after pulling himself after playing five snaps against North Carolina.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Companies that committed to DEI efforts and made public statements are now pulling back from those policies, editing their websites, disbanding employee resource groups, and quietly abandoning inclusive hiring goals.
    C200, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An affectionate little cat with a heart bursting with love for humans is looking for a home at a Texas shelter.
    TJ Macias, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The novel sparkles with Sosa’s signature wit and sense of humor; the banter between Javi and Mari is deliciously funny, bursting with laugh-out-loud moments on seemingly every other page.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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  • Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.
    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
  • As health restrictions discouraged people from blowing directly into instruments, Gajewski and Brown reimagined the design.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Soldiers have also been spotted in parks carrying out tasks typically assigned to gardeners and landscapers – shoveling mulch, blowing leaves and scooping up trash.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Vaccaro accused Hill of throwing her to the ground, ripping her hair out, twisting body parts, spitting on her and shoving a marijuana cigarette in her face, according to the TMZ article.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Camp Fire, California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire, is a few hours off from igniting and ripping through the town of Paradise and its neighbors, but the stage is set.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk this week on a Utah college campus marks the latest example of violence tearing through American politics across centuries and the ideological spectrum.
    Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Greenlaw hasn’t played a healthy season since tearing his Achilles in a fluke moment in February 2024’s Super Bowl.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Rupturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rupturing. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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