shard
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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
There she saw a pottery shard bearing only the letters "Burs", and intrigued, began to research their meaning.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024
At least this shard of Iceland-as-Alaska works with its intrinsic enchantment to encourage our sense of belief more than denial.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2024
It was alive with moonlight, translucent, a shard of crystal so thin that it seemed almost to vanish when seen edge-on.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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