shard
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An autopsy report on an Arizona man who died in a crash noted a large shard in his neck that had a DTN serial number inscribed on it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
She seemed to hold no mistrust toward me and my halting Spanish, no shard of suspicion that I could use to create the usual distance around myself.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026
And he didn’t immediately know that a shard had broken free until he returned to the huddle Saturday night and teammates began pointing it out to him.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Lead single Greedy is a glistening shard of sultry pop that has topped Spotify's global chart and soundtracked nearly four million videos on TikTok.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2023
He saw the sense of that, and went round the sash frame knocking every shard of glass into the room behind it.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Police were shooing everyone away from the high-rises as shards of glass were still falling out of broken windows.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Researchers carefully sift through dirt samples and use specialized tools called micromanipulators to isolate the tiny shards.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
Lately, though, it’s been something else: crisp, golden shards of chicken skin.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Yeesookyung collects ceramic shards of work discarded by master craftsmen due to minor flaws and reassembles these fragments into bubbling sculptures held together with 24 karat gold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
I won’t pollute my insides with Bluberridazzlepops or muffins or scritchscratchy shards of toast, either.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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