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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

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

Seen together, the three videos show multiple rockets were launched from inside Gaza before one appears to have come apart in midair about three seconds before the explosion at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Aunty Ifeka went back to her stirring, and Olanna’s image of their marriage began to come apart at the seams.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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