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To them, it feels like yes-men have been replaced by skeptical employees who are more likely to shred them on Reddit or Glassdoor than to brown-nose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"If they have even a shred of honour, the first thing they should do would be to stop the negotiations," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

But Michael Sanft, Davis’ defense lawyer, argued that the prosecution had no forensics, no eyewitness and not a single shred of physical evidence placing Davis in the Cadillac with the shooter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

"There was not one shred of evidence that could be taken to court and get a conviction," he says.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

With a shred of Kleenex, he began with loving care to polish away the boys’ fingerprints.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

Its final shreds of linen are the blank page between the old nation and the new.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

For the rest of us, it functions to preserve our last shreds of shared reality at a time of rapidly developing make-stuff-up machines.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

I’ll occasionally pull out the bag to snack on a few shreds of meat in between meals.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

The departure of Ohtani for zero prospects, zero young stars, nobody … seriously damaged the remaining shreds of trust between their many loyal fans and the team.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

Somehow the furry scamp had avoided being torn to shreds by the children and had subsequently become Cassiopeia’s beloved pet, living on the tree branches outside the nursery windows.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Many files were also shredded, as the Communist party lost its grip in 1988-89.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

His father was a former Sergeant Major in the Parachute Regiment whose experience during the wartime evacuation of Dunkirk had shredded his mental health.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

When consecutive contamination scares hit shredded iceberg lettuce and jalapeños, Sweetgreen rushed to reassure diners that it doesn’t use iceberg lettuce and its suppliers weren’t affected, and it tightened safety protocols.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

A little shredded cheddar left from chili night.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

Slivers of brown skin showed through the shredded fabric.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

Even Rodrigo’s backing band, full of absolutely shredding women instrumentalists, played beside her on equal footing for exquisitely tasteful, post-punky revisions of songs across her three albums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Getting rid of stuff is something we do nearly every week, through donating, trashing and shredding.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

He told the conference: "We discovered what we think is a black hole merging with a massive companion star, shredding it into a disk that feeds the black hole. It's a rare and awe-inspiring phenomenon."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

His shredding effect on electric guitar and multi-tracking to thicken his instrument’s sound dominate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

I found the cheese and grater and started shredding cheddar onto the cutting board.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows