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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

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

From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026

The 21st Century saw dance music splinter into even more sub-genres, providing something for everyone to move to.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

The county’s steps haven’t stopped the chaos: A splinter group from the condo now has elected a new board, which claims to have rightful control over the property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

The corners of the house splinter off at multiple places and give the cabin a perpetual slant.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

But as the middle-class splinters along generational lines, other political experts warn that many ordinary Angelenos feel increasingly shut out of L.A. politics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 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

As attention splinters and our realities feel increasingly fractured, it makes sense that Coachella would begin to mirror that condition, each version just real enough to feel like the whole thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 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

A satisfying cloud of dust and splinters swirled around her knees.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

A splintered vote could open the door for Pelphrey, extraordinary as the deeply flawed single dad on “Task.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“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

Orator William M. Evarts declared: “I tell you that when the statue of Washington sustains in its firm hand the splintered flag-staff of Fort Sumter, it means something.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

She was thinking about her nightmare—Thalia’s tree splintered by lightning, Gaea rising on the hillside and unleashing her monsters on Camp Half-Blood.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Many see the AI trade, once a monolithic bet on chip stocks and hyperscalers, splintering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

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 splintering of mass media, the confluence of a cultural icon whose priorities are so admirable — the zeitgeist will simply never again support someone so pure of heart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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

Finally, he scraped the antlers and the long bones clean, and tied them into a bundle for splintering later into fishhooks, needles and arrowheads.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver