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“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

Before it began to disintegrate, K1 was likely slightly larger than a typical comet, measuring about 5 miles across.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026

“Your akrafena cannot disintegrate Bulgu,” Bulgu brags, advancing toward me once more.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

This produces a copy of the existing RNA strand before it disintegrates through the addition of water.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024

A squall of noise disintegrates into a martial riff that would send fans into a frenzy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

Inside, it disintegrates and gives rise to a wormlike creature, which then develops into the new Phoenix, ready for the next five hundred years.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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

It was a piece of old Nashville that’s slowly disintegrated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

That was before the alliance disintegrated, the two erstwhile allies turned on each other and the jihadists drove the Tuareg separatists out.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

In the 2022 play-off semi-final against Ukraine, Clarke's team disintegrated on an occasion, just like this one, that meant so much.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025

The giants disintegrated in twin columns of flame—a sure sign they were monsters, all right.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

The former, which Miller once considered calling “The Inside of His Head,” is fluidly constructed, playing fast and loose with time as it tracks the disintegrating mental life of down-and-out salesman Willy Loman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

Structures made out of bed sheets and clothing—assembled by displaced Palestinians who haven’t received a proper tent—are disintegrating in the heavy rains and winds, leaving many out in the cold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025

It is on its fourth cheese supplier, and still is trying to figure out how to keep the cheese from disintegrating while the shell waits for fillings like ground beef and yet-more cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

Columbia was unable to withstand the fiery re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, disintegrating as the world watched on in horror.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025

Then twelve billion gallons of water molecules crowd for that initial escape vent, and they tear and chew at the structure until house-size chunks of it tumble down its disintegrating face.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith