disintegrate
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“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
They disintegrate, scattering their molecules to the stratospheric winds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Language is malleable, but it has to retain some meaning, or the boundaries of our society will disintegrate more than they already have.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Jolly has been carrying out tests on the banks of the River Yare to see how quickly the plastic-free wipes disintegrate.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
“Your akrafena cannot disintegrate Bulgu,” Bulgu brags, advancing toward me once more.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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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
Instead, the authors used an experimental setup that sends a thin beam of liquid water into a vacuum, where it disintegrates into droplets.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
In a warming atmosphere, the number of glaciers can decrease because they vanish — but it can also increase because a larger glacier disintegrates into several smaller ice patches, Zemp said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
The paper disintegrates into mush between her teeth.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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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
Panther Lake also represents a step forward for a company whose manufacturing footprint disintegrated over the last decade.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
Whenever a monster disintegrated for no apparent reason with a surprised look on his face, I knew Annabeth had been there.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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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
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
Structures made out of bed sheets and clothing—assembled by displaced Palestinians who haven’t received a proper tent—are disintegrating in the heavy rains and winds, leaving many out in the cold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
Gaye drew inspiration from his disintegrating marriage to Gordy’s sister.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
A great gust split through the cloud, the black dust disintegrating into the night sky.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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