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The bloc of governors would have to splinter before a majority of Fed voters in favor of a hike could carry the day.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

The Wall Street Journal spoke to heads of government, their ministers and top aides to reconstruct the closed-door meetings where the alliance began to splinter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

It no longer controls the huge swathes of territory it once did, but it, and other splinter groups, remains active and dangerous.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

That threat could be a pathogen inside the body or something as simple as a splinter.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026

I picked at a splinter of wood on the gate.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

The ocean scenery is fake; the wooden splinters are real.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

I also wanted to understand if my treatment, which forced me to excavate painful childhood memories lodged beneath the surface, like splinters the skin had long healed over, could help others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Speak the speech, I pray you, but not in such a way that splinters the overall story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Most top directors can’t act to save their lives, which is why they tend to appear as themselves and stick out like splinters.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

Legionnaires in the field scattered as one of their catapults was blasted to splinters.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

“Immediately noticeable were the sagging eaves, the multitude of leaks from the roof, the dried out, splintered mahogany and the battered exterior woodwork, which had suffered seven decades of winds from the Sound.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Its army eventually withdrew and the Islamist militants left behind splintered and turned against each other.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

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

The anti-Assad forces were splintered, mutually mistrustful and prone to looting; the areas they controlled descended into anarchy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

Ekon dodged just in time, rolling away over leaves as it struck at a nearby tree and splintered the wood.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

These surge for tens of kilometers, splintering trees, igniting forests and burying the remnants beneath hot ash and pumice.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The serious journalism Margaret aspires to do is splintering under our distrust of who controls the megaphones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Individual investors kicked off 2026 by taking a page from the playbook of global central banks and stockpiling gold as a hedge against a splintering world order.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

Price’s thesis is simple, but unsettling: modern digital life — especially social media — is turbocharging our anxieties and splintering our attention spans, making what she calls “True Fun” feel increasingly elusive.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2025

He tore a piece of wood from the splintering cabin wall and hurled it at the kraken.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell