disintegrate

When a brooding Pitt admits he’s had trouble with “family stuff,” the writer lets the sentiment disintegrate.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Only last month U.S. authorities said that it was illegal for countries to charge tolls on international waterways, so this threat may disintegrate when it hits reality,” said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Now, with those entry-level jobs disappearing, there’s danger that “the pathways that provide mobility disintegrate and you lose the American promise of opportunity,” Muro said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

The skins contain natural oils, and garments not kept in a temperature-controlled environment -- ideally off-season in cold vaults -- can dry out and disintegrate.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

A Sir Whitcomb, some decaying British nobleman, who chose to disintegrate under a sun more easeful than England’s, had introduced the white strain into the family in the early 1800’s.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

However, the US Geological Survey then clarified that the disaster was caused by a "glacial collapse", which is when a glacier or part of a glacier disintegrates.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

But if data disintegrates, he said, he would vote in favor of a cut.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

He adds that if we sacrifice that commitment for A.I., “you’d get to a point pretty fast where it just disintegrates and becomes the ugliest definition of the word product.”

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2024

Aluminum-based superconducting qubits can store information for a relatively long time before the data inevitably disintegrates.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2024

The paper disintegrates into mush between her teeth.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Every robot that faceplanted, lost a limb, or disintegrated in a spray of sparks was borne away on a stretcher by human attendants with deadpan solicitude.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

The US Geological Survey says the floods in the Nepal-Tibet border were triggered by a "glacial collapse" - meaning a glacier or part of a glacier had disintegrated.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Given how fragile it was, it may simply have disintegrated on the shelf and been overlooked or thrown away.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

It was a piece of old Nashville that’s slowly disintegrated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

If Jason hadn’t been strapped to the mast with one of Leo’s twenty-point safety harnesses, he would have disintegrated.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

That changed in April 2023 when unknowing construction workers unceremoniously removed a disintegrating Pinky from its aerie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

The theater vanished into the green wormhole, disintegrating into a snow globe with the theater inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Scientists are warning that glaciers in the Austrian Alps are not just shrinking, but are disintegrating, because of climate change.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

The story of her disintegrating marriage to fellow writer Murray Bail makes for a slow burn of suspense and readerly alarm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

The fact that uranium deposits occurred naturally around the world without disintegrating themselves suggested that extraordinary conditions had to be present.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik