come apart
Example Sentences
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Using advanced imaging techniques and earthquake data, scientists have now seen this subduction zone starting to come apart.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
It all began to come apart in 1980.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The Ship lights its engines before the two halves of the vehicle come apart.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024
All of that, however, was nearly undone—and could still come apart on the inevitable appeal of the disqualification question—by a horrible lapse in judgment.
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2024
Everything built up over fifteen years here can come apart as easily as an adobe house in an earthquake.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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