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come apart

















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snap
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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

He described how in some fragments, the carbon fibre layers had come apart - a known process called delamination.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

These are excellent fasteners for attaching two pieces of wood that you never want to come apart.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

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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