fractured

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Each proposal and counterproposal takes days to negotiate, complicated by the time it takes to wind new text through Iran’s fractured leadership structure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Season three picks up half a decade after the characters left high school, following them into a far darker and more fractured version of adulthood.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The money, in their view, not only has to make up for mounting legal fees, but lost income, tainted reputations, fractured families, and years spent behind bars.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

“I thought maybe they had fractured a rib because that’s how painful it was. I couldn’t sleep face down for three weeks.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

He said that six of his ten knuckles had been fractured and that the doctors weren’t sure when the casts could come off.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen