shard

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

Occasionally, something would cast a shard of light on Letby's life.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2023

She slips the shard into her pocket and says, “Let’s go, Jax.”

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

Shopkeepers were seen early on Sunday morning picking up large shards of glass in Paris as rubbish trucks cleared up debris on some of the larger streets.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

A good documentarian assembles snippets and shards to create something that illuminates reality, whereas a good humorist distorts or reframes reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

When she had finished the coffee and calmed down, the bailiff gently pried the shards of foam from her hands and threw them away.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng