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disintegrate

[dis-in-tuh-greyt] / dɪsˈɪn təˌgreɪt /


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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

Operating on the assumption that, sooner or later, even the toga will make a comeback, he holds on to his clothing and continues to wear things long after they've begun to disintegrate.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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

Aluminum-based superconducting qubits can store information for a relatively long time before the data inevitably disintegrates.

From Science Daily Feb. 26, 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

He moves to place it on her shoulders but the lace disintegrates between his fingers, falling into dust.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The numbers are far from the peaks reached in 2011, when tens of thousands arrived in just a few months as maritime border controls disintegrated during the Arab Spring revolts.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Then in a matter of weeks in 2011, Sokol’s prospects disintegrated after a controversy related to his personal stock trades.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 25, 2026

Falkirk's threat disintegrated as Celtic clutched the game tighter by the throat as Benjamin Nygren and Sebastian Tounekti made it an emphatic performance.

From BBC Oct. 29, 2025

We untangled ourselves and sprinted across the sky bridge as more stones disintegrated and fell into oblivion.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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

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

Gaye drew inspiration from his disintegrating marriage to Gordy’s sister.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2025

Policies that focus on moving individuals rather than communities carry a risk, potentially disintegrating social networks that help sustain people later in life.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2025

Gaia kept disintegrating, trying to trickle back to the ground, but the winds kept her aloft.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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