fragment
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And 40 years ago, while studying one such bed for her PhD, Prof Christine Maggs found a fragment of pink-striped seaweed living on maerl she had never seen before.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
“What we’ve seen is only a fragment of what information there might be, because not all of the government records from phones have been turned over,” Joachín said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Simply comparing the fragment counts allowed the researchers to tell the two mirror-image forms apart.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
As sports on TV continues to fragment, that sentiment appears to be widely shared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
In that glacier of words grinding toward the twentieth century, Prendergast’s card was a single fragment of mica glinting with lunacy, pleading to be picked up and pocketed.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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But information arrives in fragments: a barcode result here, a recall notice there, a corrected FDA finding, a corporate statement, a congressional inquiry.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Balloon fragments are the marine debris most likely to kill seabirds that eat it, according to a recent study, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The separated fan blade resulted in damage to portions of the engine’s cover and sent engine fragments flying, striking the airplane’s fuselage and its horizontal stabilizer, according to the report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
And as Britain's political landscape fragments, Binface has become more than a comic sideshow.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
He felt as though he were hidden behind a camera lens, watching another world whirl past in shattered fragments.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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Hichilema is seeking a second term against a fragmented field of opposition candidates.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
“At a time when audiences are increasingly fragmented, the World Cup demonstrated the unique power of Fox to deliver live premium sports that bring people together at scale,” Fox Corp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
But no such revival was forthcoming: The conservative movement fragmented after Kirk’s death, divided by a host of wild conspiracy theories over the “real story” behind the killing.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
So far, Moen has found that existing research on the topic is fragmented.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
When the Europeans actually arrived, the battered, fragmented cultures could not unite to resist the incursion.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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According to the Alma Research Center, they include an advanced interceptor drone, specialist fragmenting anti-drone ammunition, and automatic firing systems with electro-optical sensors.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Capturing a comet in the act of fragmenting is something the team had long hoped to achieve.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
But they haven’t fully priced in how the importance of domestic energy infrastructure will grow in a fragmenting world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
The IMF however warned that trade diversion and rerouting -- while offering short-term resilience -- are costly and risk fragmenting global supply chains.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
When I open my eyes, the world looks slightly fractured, and it takes a minute to realize that the sun must be well up and the glasses fragmenting my vision.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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