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[shahrd] / ʃɑrd /


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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

A conservator uncovers the shard, which bears an intense blue figure of a skylark — evidence, at least to the reader, that Alouette’s recipe endured, and a symbol of how both she and Sasha escaped.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 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

"The light was stunning and I captured the shot just as a shard of light from the winter sun broke through the cloud," she said.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024

She tested the tips with a finger, and winced as a shard of bone pricked her calloused skin.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

According to a video shared Monday on Threads, a Parton fan who planned to lay flowers at the star found that it was marred by what seemed to be shards from a broken candle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Juan Felipe Giraldo, the 24-year-old buried amid the shards of a ruined hotel, is supposed to get married on Sunday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

In the aboveground labs, they used artificial intelligence and digital technologies to reassemble the millions of shards into recognizable forms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Let cool completely on the baking sheet, then break into clusters and shards.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

I crossed the room, hurrying toward our living quarters, my shoes crunching against the pale green shards.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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