fragment
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Front-runner “La Bola Negra” weaves together the fragment of an iconic poet’s real-life, unfinished final play with another author’s play about the death of that poet’s real-life lover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
"This phenomenon is one possible explanation for the discovery of a large metal fragment in a palm oil plantation in Sampit," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
By comparing the fragment with fossils from related dinosaurs, researchers were able to estimate what this long-extinct animal might have looked like and how it lived.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
These include a fragment from Byron—only a few scribbled pages, set in a Turkish cemetery, about the mysterious Augustus Darvell—and a long story called “The Vampyre” by John William Polidori, Byron’s former doctor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Big news from the dinosaur dig: They found a Camptosaurus skull fragment about the size of a paint chip.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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Their analysis reveals that melting and breaking apart play a much greater role than previously believed in determining how much material a rock loses, how quickly it slows down, and where its fragments eventually land.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
The pieces that ultimately survive to reach Earth's surface began as relatively large fragments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Revealing fragments of this information to the public should improve market forecasts of Fed policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
The tree fragments lying in BioFiltro’s beds seemed to serve a beneficial purpose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The buljol was salty in her mouth, smeared smooth with avocado, small crunches of onion and toast fragments.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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As Michael Cox wrote in 1983, “nothing fragmented the completeness, nothing disturbed the balance of Monty James’s personality.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
From her vantage point, the current system is fragmented with no clear authority.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
He said the population that remained was "extremely fragmented", adding that it "needs a helping hand to recover".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Without this protein, the mitochondrial network becomes fragmented.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The dim light fragmented and died away creeping up the eastern wall.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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It said hundreds of vessels are now part of shadow fleets that evade sanctions and sail without insurance, fragmenting supply chains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"By fragmenting human societies across the landscape, malaria contributed to the population structure we see today. Climate and physical barriers were not the only forces shaping where human populations could live."
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2026
Capturing a comet in the act of fragmenting is something the team had long hoped to achieve.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
Prolonged uncertainty over trade policy is, in the Fund's view, likely to weigh on business investment decisions and cloud growth prospects, while fragmenting supply chains over the medium term.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 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
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