come apart
Example Sentences
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Using advanced imaging techniques and earthquake data, scientists have now seen this subduction zone starting to come apart.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
It all began to come apart in 1980.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
And you can already see the seams of the endless, exhausting effort to push back starting to come apart.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2024
The Ship lights its engines before the two halves of the vehicle come apart.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024
Aunty Ifeka went back to her stirring, and Olanna’s image of their marriage began to come apart at the seams.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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