splintered

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After a brief period of postrevolutionary hope, Libya splintered a few years later into two rival governments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

And earlier this month, seven of those MPs splintered off from the party in protest at the authoritarian management of long-standing leader Wilders.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Child laborers and other farmworkers in California are being exposed to toxic pesticides, in part because of splintered enforcement of safety regulations.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

The splintered nature of men's professional golf cannot continue, even when someone as transcendently charismatic as McIlroy is reigning supreme.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

But all that lay there was a splintered peg and a twisted length of wire.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams