fault line
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Kidd said the city’s report showed that there aren’t any seismic fault lines near the dam and therefore the potential hazard posed by surface fault rupture, including secondary displacement at the site, is very low, less than 1% probability.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Although Fort Ross-Seaview has a mélange of soil types thanks to the San Andreas fault line that runs along the coast, Wayfarer sits on nothing but Goldridge soil throughout the entire vineyard.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
In 2022, their fault lines were exposed.
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill this week as the threat of a shutdown at the end of the month intensified, and the familiar partisan fault lines reappeared.
—Erin Doherty, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Although Fort Ross-Seaview has a mélange of soil types thanks to the San Andreas fault line that runs along the coast, Wayfarer sits on nothing but Goldridge soil throughout the entire vineyard.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
In 2022, their fault lines were exposed.
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill this week as the threat of a shutdown at the end of the month intensified, and the familiar partisan fault lines reappeared.
—Erin Doherty, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Fault line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fault%20line. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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