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come apart

















VERB
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

The same team leaders driving stressed employees onward—perhaps promising a light at the end of the tunnel or, more likely, setting wildly high metrics to meet—are themselves starting to come apart at the seams.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2024

The Ship lights its engines before the two halves of the vehicle come apart.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024

He wanted to tell her about the spangled ring, but knew that if he did, the meaning of it would come apart and be lost.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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