fault line
noun
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Billionaires are not a monolith, and their split reveals both political and generational fault lines.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
The discovery comes from a fault line called the Gofar transform fault, located roughly 1,000 miles west of Ecuador along the East Pacific Rise.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
The fund, co-run by KKR and the alternative asset manager Future Standard and often referred to by its ticker, FSK, has become one of the most visible fault lines in the private credit story.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 11 May 2026
Most often, quake swarms are caused by fluids — typically water — interacting with fault lines, the federal agency said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
The discovery comes from a fault line called the Gofar transform fault, located roughly 1,000 miles west of Ecuador along the East Pacific Rise.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
The fund, co-run by KKR and the alternative asset manager Future Standard and often referred to by its ticker, FSK, has become one of the most visible fault lines in the private credit story.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 11 May 2026
Most often, quake swarms are caused by fluids — typically water — interacting with fault lines, the federal agency said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
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“Fault line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fault%20line. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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