fragment
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“Without maritime trade, supply chains would fragment and the global economy as we know it would come to a sudden halt,” the group said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
It was the last great regional sports network deal, with traditional broadcast audiences about to fragment amid the rise of streaming and cord-cutting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
In these, Mr. Batiste considers a fragment of Monk’s “Reflections” for its harmonic and emotional implications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
And 40 years ago, while studying one such bed for her PhD, Prof Christine Maggs found a fragment of pink-striped seaweed living on maerl she had never seen before.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The sharp, pointed fragment hit a hollow tooth and whanged into the nerve.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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There are large fragments of salt-eaten machinery littering the shore, relics of the island’s martial heyday.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
"She used this drive to make sense of ancient life through fragments of bone, bringing it to life once again," they said.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
But fragments of video and satellite imagery from before and after the disaster have begun to reveal the scale of the destruction.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Across Nepal's flood disaster zone, survivors are returning to villages reduced to mud and debris, searching for belongings, documents and fragments of lives swept away in minutes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
And when the first bone fragments popped up, that was it.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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If that happens, he said, “the world will be fragmented, and it’ll be very dangerous for us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Many diamond frogs live in forests that are becoming increasingly fragmented by deforestation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The industry is fragmented, with the vast majority of carriers operating 10 or fewer trucks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Now, he says, they have a "fragmented portfolio spanning social impact, entertainment and lifestyle, which has made it difficult to know exactly what their brand stands for".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
I bend down and pick it up, placing the fragmented treasure gently back on a shelf.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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Ice masses of this size can remain in the ocean for years, slowly fragmenting into smaller pieces that may become progressively harder to detect and follow.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
According to the Alma Research Center, they include an advanced interceptor drone, specialist fragmenting anti-drone ammunition, and automatic firing systems with electro-optical sensors.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
In a fragmenting postwar global order, the administration sees American security as linked to oil resources in the Western Hemisphere, said Kevin Book, who heads research at energy-research firm ClearView Energy Partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
The IMF however warned that trade diversion and rerouting -- while offering short-term resilience -- are costly and risk fragmenting global supply chains.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
When I open my eyes, the world looks slightly fractured, and it takes a minute to realize that the sun must be well up and the glasses fragmenting my vision.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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