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The bloc of governors would have to splinter before a majority of Fed voters in favor of a hike could carry the day.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

While broadcast evening news and morning shows have suffered from viewer drop-offs as audiences splinter and get their information from a range of sources, the declines at CBS have been particularly steep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

That threat could be a pathogen inside the body or something as simple as a splinter.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026

The 21st Century saw dance music splinter into even more sub-genres, providing something for everyone to move to.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

There was something wedged under his skin—some kind of metal splinter, he thought, though he couldn’t remember where or when he’d gotten it.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

I also wanted to understand if my treatment, which forced me to excavate painful childhood memories lodged beneath the surface, like splinters the skin had long healed over, could help others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Navigating around the crater, Al-Ahmad trudged into the blown-out remains of the hall, his feet crunching on an underbrush of glass, wood splinters and insulation.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

As attention splinters and our realities feel increasingly fractured, it makes sense that Coachella would begin to mirror that condition, each version just real enough to feel like the whole thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

Most top directors can’t act to save their lives, which is why they tend to appear as themselves and stick out like splinters.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

Slides and blood tubes were the only glass objects allowed in a hot zone, because of the danger of glass splinters if something broke.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

A splintered vote could open the door for Pelphrey, extraordinary as the deeply flawed single dad on “Task.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“Immediately noticeable were the sagging eaves, the multitude of leaks from the roof, the dried out, splintered mahogany and the battered exterior woodwork, which had suffered seven decades of winds from the Sound.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Its army eventually withdrew and the Islamist militants left behind splintered and turned against each other.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

Whoever replaces Petro in August will confront a splintered Congress that will force any incoming administration to build alliances to pass laws.

From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026

On April 13, they nearly crashed another canoe when two paddles splintered against the rocks while battling the rapids.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

These surge for tens of kilometers, splintering trees, igniting forests and burying the remnants beneath hot ash and pumice.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The serious journalism Margaret aspires to do is splintering under our distrust of who controls the megaphones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Individual investors kicked off 2026 by taking a page from the playbook of global central banks and stockpiling gold as a hedge against a splintering world order.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

Price’s thesis is simple, but unsettling: modern digital life — especially social media — is turbocharging our anxieties and splintering our attention spans, making what she calls “True Fun” feel increasingly elusive.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2025

This was followed by an awful splintering noise as the enormous rainbow snapped right across the middle and became two separate pieces.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl