shatter

I didn’t yet know how the attacks would shatter our country’s invincibility and sear our souls for a generation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

A technical adviser appointed by the family believes the incident began with a failure in the aircraft's right engine, causing debris to strike and shatter the cabin window before the rapid loss of cabin pressure.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Nvidia will almost certainly shatter that record this year: The consensus estimate is $217 billion, and rising.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

But only one could be worn by the first person to shatter the 2-hour barrier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

The sound vibrates in my teeth, in my bones, pulsing until I think something might shatter.

From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard

The number shatters the previous high-water mark that was set when a group led by private-equity titan Joshua Harris bought the Washington Commanders for $6 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Elliot Anderson will now become the most expensive British player in history as the midfielder's impending £116m move to Manchester City from Nottingham Forest shatters previous marks.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Cool and tangy yogurt, fruit that tastes unmistakably like itself, crunch that shatters and then yields.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026

Read: Oil shatters $100 ceiling, hitting levels not seen since 2022 as Iran conflict escalates.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 9, 2026

“I most certainly am not all right,” Celia says, and the bottle of ink shatters, raining ink over the papers and splattering Marco’s white shirtsleeves, falling into invisibility on his black vest.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Whatever sense of invulnerability America may have had as the world’s only superpower was shattered, and it precipitated massive changes in the way we lived, traveled and perceived ourselves.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

"I couldn't stay in my seat anymore. The windows partially shattered, the stones from the track came into the carriage. It was really shocking. I'm still shaking," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“It was systematic. They entered the depots and stole everything they could,” said Umaima Abdul-Rahman Al-Sanusi, one of the museum’s curators, as her eyes scanned a shattered display case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Adam Baron, a fellow at US-based think tank New America, said the Houthi offensive since Thursday had "shattered much of what was left of Yemen's tenuous ceasefire".

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

The pieces of so many shattered lives are not going to fit back together again.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Both apps allowed wagers on the number of “explosive diarrhea” cyclosporiasis and measles cases this year, with both outbreaks shattering records.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

There had also been a shattering event in Paris for the second year in a row.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Americans have turned out in droves to watch this summer’s World Cup, shattering TV viewership records to catch underdog upsets, late-game goals and, on Monday night, the U.S. team’s loss to Belgium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

He said 2026 was "surprisingly similar" to 2022, which for glaciers was "by far the most extreme year ever recorded in the Alps, with melt rates shattering everything we had seen before".

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

Instead, it sent him careening into an end table, knocking a lamp onto the floor and shattering it.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner