fragment
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“Without maritime trade, supply chains would fragment and the global economy as we know it would come to a sudden halt,” the group said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In these, Mr. Batiste considers a fragment of Monk’s “Reflections” for its harmonic and emotional implications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Inactive GRK2 appeared to increase production of amyloid beta, a protein fragment that is considered a main cause of Alzheimer's.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
And 40 years ago, while studying one such bed for her PhD, Prof Christine Maggs found a fragment of pink-striped seaweed living on maerl she had never seen before.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Woo whistles, holding up a breadstick fragment in triumph.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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There are large fragments of salt-eaten machinery littering the shore, relics of the island’s martial heyday.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
But fragments of video and satellite imagery from before and after the disaster have begun to reveal the scale of the destruction.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
It was fragments from the pistol butt which enabled police to identify it as a Luger P06.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Across Nepal's flood disaster zone, survivors are returning to villages reduced to mud and debris, searching for belongings, documents and fragments of lives swept away in minutes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Just like that, the sharp, horrible fragments of a memory returned to her like pieces of broken pottery.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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“This is a devastating blowback to people who have been forced to navigate the fragmented and flawed federal emergency response.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
"A core issue is fragmented governance, not a lack of technical capability."
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
If that happens, he said, “the world will be fragmented, and it’ll be very dangerous for us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Many diamond frogs live in forests that are becoming increasingly fragmented by deforestation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Naturally, Miao-Yao speakers did not acquire their current fragmented distribution as a result of ancient helicopter flights that dropped them here and there over the Asian landscape.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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For the world's emerging market countries, there is another challenge in a fragmenting world economy: What will drive their own growth, if not demand from larger economies?
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Capturing a comet in the act of fragmenting is something the team had long hoped to achieve.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
That is fragmenting commerce and fueling price volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
Prof Weissbourd points to a broader fragmenting of communities too.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 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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