disintegrate
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"You can't move a mobile home that's been sitting for 25 years. It will disintegrate," says Mountain Meadows resident Ben Moore, 35, who first moved to the park with his father in high school.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“Only last month U.S. authorities said that it was illegal for countries to charge tolls on international waterways, so this threat may disintegrate when it hits reality,” said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
They disintegrate, scattering their molecules to the stratospheric winds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Language is malleable, but it has to retain some meaning, or the boundaries of our society will disintegrate more than they already have.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
“It is almost seventy years old and preserved in spirits of wine. I am afraid it will disintegrate if we remove it.”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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But if data disintegrates, he said, he would vote in favor of a cut.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
He adds that if we sacrifice that commitment for A.I., “you’d get to a point pretty fast where it just disintegrates and becomes the ugliest definition of the word product.”
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2024
There are still many unanswered questions, such as where and how the capsid disintegrates to release its contents.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2024
“You can see obviously it fails in flight, it spins out and disintegrates, and the impacts on the ground follow that,” said Crump, CEO of Skyline, a London-based strategic advisory firm.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
The paper disintegrates into mush between her teeth.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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He poked at the steps on a back stairway and the water-damaged tiles disintegrated like soggy saltines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
He points out that Russia virtually disintegrated twice in the 20th century, once after the Bolshevik Revolution and again after the Cold War, only to claw its way back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
They have changed, there's no question about that, but they have not disintegrated.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
Panther Lake also represents a step forward for a company whose manufacturing footprint disintegrated over the last decade.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
They disintegrated as he pulled them from the wall.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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So does he have the numbers and is he willing to move – particularly if it is harder for him to point to Sir Keir's authority disintegrating because there is already a challenger?
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
SpaceX confirmed with the agency that Starship was disintegrating 15 minutes after that, according to the documents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
The story of her disintegrating marriage to fellow writer Murray Bail makes for a slow burn of suspense and readerly alarm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Gaye drew inspiration from his disintegrating marriage to Gordy’s sister.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
He twisted to the left to look; the greensword had burrowed into it, through the cracks, and now the rock was disintegrating into pieces.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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