shatter
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After 50, it can completely shatter your finances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Michael” went on to shatter box-office records for biopics, raking in almost $220 million worldwide during its first opening weekend.
From Salon ● May 14, 2026
But only one could be worn by the first person to shatter the 2-hour barrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
The hostilities “threatened to shatter the ‘no-war-no-peace’ situation,” that has existed since the end of the Tigray war, Oxford Analytica’s senior Africa analyst Matt Ward said in February.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
As if, were she tipped over, she would fall to the floor and shatter.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Elliot Anderson will now become the most expensive British player in history as the midfielder's impending £116m move to Manchester City from Nottingham Forest shatters previous marks.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
After a fall shatters his ankle, his stepchildren dump him with his daughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Cool and tangy yogurt, fruit that tastes unmistakably like itself, crunch that shatters and then yields.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
Whether the Fed supports or shatters that perception depends on what it says, not what it does.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
Suddenly he strikes out at a lamp that sits precariously on a crate and knocks it across the room, where it shatters against the floor.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
An indictment unsealed this week in federal court in the Central District of California offers the most detailed allegations yet about Bishnoi’s role in a killing that shattered India’s relations with Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
In Fushun, average rainfall between 01:00 and 07:00 local time "shattered historical records".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
In an effort to escape the terminal, she pressed on a plateglass door, which shattered on the sidewalk.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
“The injuries I suffered led to a long and difficult recovery that I am still trying to recover from, including treatment for a severe traumatic brain injury, a shattered maxilla and a bone graft procedure.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The glass tube that once held the parchment was shattered on the ground.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
There had also been a shattering event in Paris for the second year in a row.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
They move at walking speed and don’t possess shattering grip strength.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
He said 2026 was "surprisingly similar" to 2022, which for glaciers was "by far the most extreme year ever recorded in the Alps, with melt rates shattering everything we had seen before".
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
He said that, as it had been a Sunday morning, his family had been asleep when the blast occurred, shattering all his windows.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
Jason flipped over a table, and hundreds of bottles tumbled to the ground, shattering into shards and spilling a fiery elixir.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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