Over eons, water dissolved the calcium carbonate, etching deep fissures and caverns into the stone.
—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Instead of treating China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia as an inexorable bloc, the United States and its allies should work to loosen their ties by exploiting the fissures that the war in Ukraine has concealed.
—
Christopher S. Chivvis,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Mar. 2025
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