disintegration
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It’s a lesson in how our government works now, and also, it involves the best story of the summer: the total disintegration of D.C.’s Reflecting Pool.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
In 2015, the sickle cell-related disintegration of his hips prompted Young’s transfer to a low-security prison, Federal Medical Center Lexington.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The disintegration of Willy’s mind reflects its cause, the disintegration of the family for which he has strived and sold himself—and his tattered, tarnished soul—for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
"Many glaciers are not only shrinking in length but are increasingly entering a phase of structural disintegration," said Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer from the University of Graz.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Theory dictated that if the supposed disintegration were occurring within the nucleus’s electric field, the production of protons and neutrons would diminish as the targets got heavier.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
While all the October disintegrations have been a surprise, this latest one was even more shocking considering this Dodgers team had seemingly learned from last year’s embarrassment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
The new series appears to follow Fett’s efforts to bring some order to the former crime lord’s holding — presumably without too many disintegrations.
From The Verge ● Nov. 1, 2021
A short half-life will produce many more disintegrations per second.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Wesley Sneijder has had just about enough of Dutch disintegrations.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2012
The Rad Lab’s letter reporting its own disintegrations of lithium went out to the journal Physical Review on September 15 and appeared in print two weeks later over the names of Lawrence, Livingston, and White.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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