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come apart

















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snap
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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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