fragment
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Alongside the shoulder blade, archaeologists recovered a nearly complete right hand, two ribs from the left side, a fragment of a right rib, and seven teeth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Front-runner “La Bola Negra” weaves together the fragment of an iconic poet’s real-life, unfinished final play with another author’s play about the death of that poet’s real-life lover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
"This phenomenon is one possible explanation for the discovery of a large metal fragment in a palm oil plantation in Sampit," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Every bleached fragment that touched its healthy counterpart recovered completely within seven weeks.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
The nail was stuck in a fragment of board that had once been part of a large animal’s house, and the fragment of board was embedded in a gully full of gravel.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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Looters had smashed the statue into thousands of fragments at several points during the 20th century but it was finally restored to its former glory this year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
And so Valencia, in a makeshift recording studio, started dubbing fragments of popular Hollywood films into Quechua.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
The latest study combined new observations and looked at fragments of the stone in museum collections, examining structure, minerals and composition.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Although there is currently no confirmed observation of a black hole splitting, the possibility of detecting signals from tiny fragments offers a potential way to investigate the idea.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
Jake tore the note to pieces and rolled the fragments between his sweating palms.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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The fragmented vote leaves many municipalities without an outright majority, forcing parties to form coalitions at the local level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
But our fragmented healthcare system is also a factor in so many of the ills that afflict ordinary American households within the sphere of “affordability.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
As Michael Cox wrote in 1983, “nothing fragmented the completeness, nothing disturbed the balance of Monty James’s personality.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Without this protein, the mitochondrial network becomes fragmented.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The aged fascist would conduct witch-hunt after witch-hunt until the formerly intact Ignatius J. Reilly was reduced to a fragmented and mumbling vegetable.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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"In a world of infinite choice, audiences are fragmenting, trust is scarce and facts are contested," Brittin said.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
"By fragmenting human societies across the landscape, malaria contributed to the population structure we see today. Climate and physical barriers were not the only forces shaping where human populations could live."
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
That is fragmenting commerce and fueling price volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Planetesimals frequently crash into each other, sometimes merging into larger bodies and sometimes fragmenting into smaller ones.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2025
When I open my eyes, the world looks slightly fractured, and it takes a minute to realize that the sun must be well up and the glasses fragmenting my vision.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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