shattering

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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

Now, he’s doing whatever he can to keep his fragile life’s work intact, knowing it is one errant aftershock away from shattering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

As someone who is blind I focus on the sounds, and I heard the shattering of glass.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Korir crossed the finish line Monday morning with a time of 2 hours, 1 minute, 52 seconds, shattering the previous course record of of 2:03:02 set by Geoffrey Mutai in 2011.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Lost in desperate speculation, Harry turned a corner, but he had taken only a few steps down the new corridor when the window to his left broke open with a deafening, shattering crash.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling