fragments

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Within hours, strangers began demanding he revise the story to claim the impact had come from intercepted missile fragments rather than a warhead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Near the body were personal items - a rucksack, coins, including one dated 1977, fragments of a Sun newspaper from 1978.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

In some regions, scientists have found fragments of old tectonic plates and bursts of volcanic activity that did not fully make sense before.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

Sasha admits she doesn’t remember much of her childhood and doesn’t even trust the fragments.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

His hand broke the surface; gray particles trickled and hurried down, fragments of plaster resembling the radioactive dust outside.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick