disintegrate
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The Swift space telescope, which studies the most powerful explosions in the universe, will now likely plunge back to earth and disintegrate along the way later this year.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
When a brooding Pitt admits he’s had trouble with “family stuff,” the writer lets the sentiment disintegrate.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 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
Now, with those entry-level jobs disappearing, there’s danger that “the pathways that provide mobility disintegrate and you lose the American promise of opportunity,” Muro said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Mom’s warm hands grip my shoulders as we watch the fuse disintegrate into nothing.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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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
Lukas’ portrayal deepens as the marriage between Nick and Fanny disintegrates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 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
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
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Given how fragile it was, it may simply have disintegrated on the shelf and been overlooked or thrown away.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 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
It was a piece of old Nashville that’s slowly disintegrated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
At Spurs the club's identity, fragile as it was, disintegrated around him.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
The People could choose their exit time, as long as they left before the field disintegrated.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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At some point disintegrating cohesion produces costs—social, economic and political—that undermine the benefits of the inequality and erode support for the system itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The theater vanished into the green wormhole, disintegrating into a snow globe with the theater inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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
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
Frank dropped his disintegrating bow and ran for the porch.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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