oblique fault

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a fault that runs obliquely to, rather than parallel to or perpendicular to, the strike of the affected rocks

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Words nearby oblique fault

oblique angle, oblique circular cone, oblique circular cylinder, oblique coordinates, oblique diameter, oblique fault, oblique fracture, oblique lie, obliquely, oblique motion, oblique projection

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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.
The Wildly Peaceful, Human, Almost Boring, Ultimately Great New York City Protests for Eric Garner|Mike Barnicle|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The definition of “innuendo,” according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “an oblique allusion.”
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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.
‘Sesame Street’ Is Middle-Aged and Awesome|Emily Shire|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
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
At the very commencement of the campaign Massna committed a fault which almost ruined his career.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison

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