come apart
Example Sentences
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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
It is known to be unreliable under pressure, and its layers are known to come apart in a process called delamination.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
But this is a series being won by the Rangers on special teams, and Carolina’s power play that ranked second in the regular season has come apart at the worst possible moment.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024
Her first attempts at a really long strand had come apart, but she was getting the hang of it.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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