splinter
Example Sentences
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As the Beatles began to splinter, Spitz writes, the Stones sharpened their focus.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
But regional cooperation doesn’t need to splinter the world entirely.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
She trained in classical arts—voice and dance—and common notions of beauty are present in her music, yet she seems equally determined to splinter her tracks into pieces via technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Iswap is a splinter group of Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has been waging an insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria for more than a decade.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
One crack might not be enough to bring a fortress’s defenses down, but it was enough to splinter into two cracks, and then three, and then four.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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