come apart
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Postage stamps used to come apart with a string of muted pops, their perforations separating serially like tiny zippers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Using advanced imaging techniques and earthquake data, scientists have now seen this subduction zone starting to come apart.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2026
And you can already see the seams of the endless, exhausting effort to push back starting to come apart.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2024
The Ship lights its engines before the two halves of the vehicle come apart.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
Luther Windham looked up with a stern, proconsular gaze that began to come apart around his eyes and mouth when he saw Bull’s bright and guiltless smile.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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