apart

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The couple, who met in 2007 and married six years later, did agree on one thing: By 2022, their marriage had begun to fall apart and they began divorce proceedings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Ministers are attempting to crack on, in fact revelling in cracking on, with what they think they are there to do, delivering policies and, they hope, helping people, rather than tearing themselves apart.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

This stuff falls apart at the 25th hour and everybody accuses everybody because it’s a private company.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

"These whales were photographed decades apart, by different people, in opposite parts of the world, separated by two different oceans, and yet we can connect their journey."

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Leah reported that the bed, with Calvin still in it, broke apart, “the head-board in one place, the foot-board in another …” How quickly these spirits had grown out of control.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock