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[shred] / ʃrɛd /




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But the best financial journalists in the game can’t always get every single shred of detail “in the room.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

"If they have even a shred of honour, the first thing they should do would be to stop the negotiations," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

"There was not one shred of evidence that could be taken to court and get a conviction," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

None of this was accompanied by a shred of evidence, and the actual charges filed against those arrested told a very different story.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

Here we were, clinging to the last shard and shred of summertime, while downstairs Tansy was frying up mush like it was September.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

“I was always amazed at how she tore delicate shreds of meat from her catch and then so tenderly fed her chicks,” said Long Beach resident Erica Motamed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Apparently, when it comes to shreds and zest, I possess the object permanence of a baby.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

I swirled a half-cup around the crust and dolloped it with fat shreds of fresh mozzarella and torn basil leaves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Everybody’s scrambling to find any facts about the guy, finding out where he studied, what he said, and not finding out very much at all, really grasping at small shreds of detail.

From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026

All glued to my postcard shreds with cold tomato soup and leftover mayonnaise.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

“There is everything in the perfect bite,” Moore said of the vaunted marriage of ground beef, shredded cheese, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes and rich sour cream in a corn shell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

On Sphere’s escalators, grey-bearded lifers hugged in shredded battle jackets; tween girls in “Master of Puppets” hoodies drummed along to every fill; accents came from eastern Europe, Latin America and all the world over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

A little shredded cheddar left from chili night.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

The senior running back and veritable rock star shredded the San Diego State defense with three touchdown runs of 8, 7 and 36 yards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

It’s an answer with lots of shredded parts to it, just like the baby’s new nest.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

Even Rodrigo’s backing band, full of absolutely shredding women instrumentalists, played beside her on equal footing for exquisitely tasteful, post-punky revisions of songs across her three albums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Getting rid of stuff is something we do nearly every week, through donating, trashing and shredding.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

These are ideal for anything that welcomes a little shredding or chopping: chicken salad, soups, dumplings, maybe a quick stovetop pasta.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

It was an off-speed pitch first derived from the forkball that hadn’t been popular since the age of the Walkman—and its reputation for shredding elbows had given it a stigma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Ron, meanwhile, was absent- mindedly shredding the shamrocks on his hat.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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