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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

Tall figures, made in the 1960s, seem to disintegrate as we concentrate on the nuances of De Kooning’s touch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

When a god assumes his true form, the power is so great that any mortal looking on him will disintegrate.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

However, the US Geological Survey then clarified that the disaster was caused by a "glacial collapse", which is when a glacier or part of a glacier disintegrates.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

But if data disintegrates, he said, he would vote in favor of a cut.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

In humans, the dental lamina disintegrates after we grow our adult teeth, but many vertebrates retain the ability to replace their teeth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025

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

The paper disintegrates into mush between her teeth.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Every robot that faceplanted, lost a limb, or disintegrated in a spray of sparks was borne away on a stretcher by human attendants with deadpan solicitude.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

When I looked again, the centaur was gone, disintegrated to ashes.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

That changed in April 2023 when unknowing construction workers unceremoniously removed a disintegrating Pinky from its aerie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

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

Scientists are warning that glaciers in the Austrian Alps are not just shrinking, but are disintegrating, because of climate change.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

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

Even as he fell, he was disintegrating, turning back into dust, his essence returning to Tartarus.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan