Example Sentences

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"In the case of the SFZ, we don't fully understand the rupture dynamics at depth, but they're rupturing more frequently and pretty close to home."

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

It’s another track about zooming out and then back in, taking in the expanse of the world and then noticing that your own corner of it is rupturing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

A stroke can be ischemic, clots blocking the flow of blood to the brain, or hemorrhagic, blood vessels rupturing in the brain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The American great - who was racing just nine days after rupturing ligaments in her left knee - struck a gate 13 seconds into her downhill run in Cortina on 8 February.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

I had to hold the phone from my eardrum for fear of him rupturing it.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd