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A newly single writer and her daughter arrive in Sicily, carrying a fragment of a Roman ruin that they hope to return to its original site.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

It was the last great regional sports network deal, with traditional broadcast audiences about to fragment amid the rise of streaming and cord-cutting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

In these, Mr. Batiste considers a fragment of Monk’s “Reflections” for its harmonic and emotional implications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

He sighed and bent over the little table, examining the charred fragment of paper.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

Across Nepal's flood disaster zone, survivors are returning to villages reduced to mud and debris, searching for belongings, documents and fragments of lives swept away in minutes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Once there, the fragments can attach to proteins associated with disease.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Four years ago a trace of DNA was detected on fragments of skin found on the victim's trousers because of improved forensic techniques.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

When the scientists used T4 DNA ligase to connect those fragments, joining efficiency was about twice as high as with traditional methods.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

Even though she was mad at him, Jason was relieved to see some fragments of her usual fierce self.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

If that happens, he said, “the world will be fragmented, and it’ll be very dangerous for us.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The industry is fragmented, with the vast majority of carriers operating 10 or fewer trucks.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

"We know where elephant corridors and habitats are -- and they are being destroyed and fragmented at an unprecedented pace," Bindra said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

But in a letter to NHS England and a small group of patient advocates, Manas said the central body had created a "fragmented" system "with poor accountability".

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Naturally, Miao-Yao speakers did not acquire their current fragmented distribution as a result of ancient helicopter flights that dropped them here and there over the Asian landscape.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Ice masses of this size can remain in the ocean for years, slowly fragmenting into smaller pieces that may become progressively harder to detect and follow.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

In a fragmenting postwar global order, the administration sees American security as linked to oil resources in the Western Hemisphere, said Kevin Book, who heads research at energy-research firm ClearView Energy Partners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 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

For decades, biologists have studied how cities affect wildlife by altering food supplies, fragmenting habitats and polluting the environment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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