dip fault

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noun

geology a fault that runs perpendicular to the strike of the affected rocks (i.e. parallel to the plane of the angle of dip of the rocks)

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How to use dip fault in a sentence

These brave souls took an icy dip in the ocean to ring in 2015 and raise money for charity.
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For a few minutes it seemed like old times, a return to the clearer fault-lines of the Cold War.
Indefensible but Indispensable America|Jamie Dettmer|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Race is the San Andreas Fault of our culture as well as our history.
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It seemed she echoed all the things I was telling myself—this is YOUR fault.
How I Stopped My Rapist|Natasha Alexenko|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Big Bird's honest reaction will emotionally wreck you in a way even The Fault in Our Stars can't.
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You never cared—you were too proud to care; and when I spoke to you about my fault, you did n't even know what I meant.
Confidence|Henry James
De Robeck agrees that we don't know enough yet to warrant us in fault-finding or intervention.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
At other times they have a dreadful look of being fibs invented for the purpose of covering a fault.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Thank you for nothing, Reginald; however, I shall certainly take a dip in the lucky-bag at the Castle.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The French Railroads are better in this respect, and the American cannot be worse, though the fault is not unknown there.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley