disintegrated

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Panther Lake also represents a step forward for a company whose manufacturing footprint disintegrated over the last decade.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Among other drawbacks, she notes, “films have disintegrated because preservationists can’t digitize them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

But then on Feb. 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry into the atmosphere, killing the crew of seven.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

Research commissioned by the government found that some non-plastic wipes failed tests on how fast they disintegrated, meaning they could still block sewers.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

Since the Inca bureaucracy was so strongly identified with its godlike absolute monarch, it disintegrated after Atahuallpa’s death.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond