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come apart

















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snap
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Using advanced imaging techniques and earthquake data, scientists have now seen this subduction zone starting to come apart.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2026

It all began to come apart in 1980.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

And you can already see the seams of the endless, exhausting effort to push back starting to come apart.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2024

The Ship lights its engines before the two halves of the vehicle come apart.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024

The boards began to come apart, and the loose mud under the walkways began to slide toward that giant bathtub drain.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor




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