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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

A newly single writer and her daughter arrive in Sicily, carrying a fragment of a Roman ruin that they hope to return to its original site.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Inactive GRK2 appeared to increase production of amyloid beta, a protein fragment that is considered a main cause of Alzheimer's.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

The flood was strong enough to sweep a 10,000-ton fragment of the dam, called Block 29, a full quarter-mile and to destroy a steel bridge on the Santa Clara River nine miles away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

We looked at the fragment again in the light of day.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

The cataloged fragments were held on the concrete floor of Hangar 17 at John F. Kennedy Airport, and the authors describe the tense atmosphere inside the cavernous space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

There are large fragments of salt-eaten machinery littering the shore, relics of the island’s martial heyday.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 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

Cluny’s tail banged down on the rotting lectern, smashing it into several fragments.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The Emmy Awards have become a streamlined affair in recent years, as voters, sifting through a fragmented TV landscape, inevitably land on a small set of favorite programs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Inditex, which operates in 215 markets worldwide, said its business model, "characterised by flexibility, responsiveness and within-season sourcing, permits us to react to fashion trends, reinforcing our unique market position" in a fragmented sector.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

“That can only happen if your products are not fragmented or integrated.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Many diamond frogs live in forests that are becoming increasingly fragmented by deforestation.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

However, they are fragmented by geography and by ecology: the Isthmus of Panama, only 40 miles wide, virtually transects the Americas geographically, as do the isthmus’s Darien rain forests and the northern Mexican desert ecologically.

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

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

For the world's emerging market countries, there is another challenge in a fragmenting world economy: What will drive their own growth, if not demand from larger economies?

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

That is fragmenting commerce and fueling price volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

Prof Weissbourd points to a broader fragmenting of communities too.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 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