splinter

The ESL was a splinter league formed by 12 of Europe's biggest clubs, including six from the Premier League.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The bloc of governors would have to splinter before a majority of Fed voters in favor of a hike could carry the day.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

President Bola Tinubu said the attackers were militants from Ansaru, a Boko Haram splinter group known to operate in central Nigeria, extending into the southwest.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

The Wall Street Journal spoke to heads of government, their ministers and top aides to reconstruct the closed-door meetings where the alliance began to splinter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

A door somewhere is kicked open—I hear wood chips splinter.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

It might be best not to think about splinters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The ocean scenery is fake; the wooden splinters are real.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

I also wanted to understand if my treatment, which forced me to excavate painful childhood memories lodged beneath the surface, like splinters the skin had long healed over, could help others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

But she plays the more shadowed of the siblings without any of the flat spikes and splinters of pure evil that inform most of the hostile beings in this universe.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2024

Narcissus was nocking an arrow, but it was so old and brittle, it broke into splinters.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Its unfurling will reveal an image of the cosmos overlain with blooming flowers and splintered prisms emanating rainbows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Immediately noticeable were the sagging eaves, the multitude of leaks from the roof, the dried out, splintered mahogany and the battered exterior woodwork, which had suffered seven decades of winds from the Sound.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

When he climbed the heap of slurry, he saw splintered furniture and ruined papers, but one thing remained intact.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

Whoever replaces Petro in August will confront a splintered Congress that will force any incoming administration to build alliances to pass laws.

From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026

The door rattled again, and the broom splintered.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

These surge for tens of kilometers, splintering trees, igniting forests and burying the remnants beneath hot ash and pumice.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The splintering of mass media, the confluence of a cultural icon whose priorities are so admirable — the zeitgeist will simply never again support someone so pure of heart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Vannacci, a former paratrooper, launched FN earlier this year after splintering from Matteo Salvini's League party.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Individual investors kicked off 2026 by taking a page from the playbook of global central banks and stockpiling gold as a hedge against a splintering world order.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

It careened by the cooler and bounced off the wall before splintering on the floor.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison