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In 1911, a pointed wooden fragment was recovered from the shoreline and later identified as part of a spear more than 400,000 years old.

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

Instead of disappearing, these materials gradually fragment into increasingly smaller particles, including microplastics and nanoplastics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Tobias Johnson may have lived a dull and empty life, but he is at least a whole person, not this fragment of a person that I am, too damaged by pain to become anything useful.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

The pieces that ultimately survive to reach Earth's surface began as relatively large fragments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

By recognizing the surviving fragments of these ancient structures, scientists can better reconstruct how tectonic plates descended beneath one another, how volcanic arcs shifted, how continental crust grew, and how once-vast oceans eventually closed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Revealing fragments of this information to the public should improve market forecasts of Fed policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The tree fragments lying in BioFiltro’s beds seemed to serve a beneficial purpose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Even now the ink stood up on the fragments thick and black, the writing was not destroyed.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

From her vantage point, the current system is fragmented with no clear authority.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Without this protein, the mitochondrial network becomes fragmented.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

"Some have funded worthwhile projects. Some have brought genuine benefits. But, taken together, they have made the landscape more complicated, more fragmented and more difficult to navigate."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Current polling shows that the Israeli leader would likely fail to secure a ruling coalition, though it isn’t clear if Israel’s fragmented opposition will be able to do so either.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Gripped with pain and terror, Emilia spoke in fragmented German and Polish.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

The researchers found that rocks can start fragmenting when the air pressure acting on their leading surfaces reaches only about one-fifth of the strength measured in meteorites recovered on Earth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

It said hundreds of vessels are now part of shadow fleets that evade sanctions and sail without insurance, fragmenting supply chains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

According to the Alma Research Center, they include an advanced interceptor drone, specialist fragmenting anti-drone ammunition, and automatic firing systems with electro-optical sensors.

From BBC ● May 28, 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

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